Visiting Winter

It's getting hotter in town up to 70 degrees so we decided to drive to a nearby location to take some photos of winter in Pine Valley mountains north of us. It was fun to get out of town for an afternoon. We took some Jimmy John sandwiches, pop and chips along for a quick picnic. Unfortunately the temps up there were 50 degrees so we had our picnic in the warm car. Here's some photos of winter in Southern Utah.

About 30 miles out of town up in the mountains is where Pine Valley is locsted

Quite in the winter, it's hopping in the summer with campers, hikers, etc.

That two story house is the old Pine Valley LDS Chapel restored

New fancy summer homes are located on hills overlooking the valley.

Many old homes have been restored and serve both full time and part time residents.

Okay that's enough snow and cold temps, let's eat our lunch and return to spring.

Relief Society Preparedness Fair

Once a month our women's church group meets for a lesson. This month our focus was on emergency preparedness with lots of good ideas and displays to inspire us to be prepared for any future event. Thanks to Akemi and Michelle for photos.

Ideas for organizing a 72 hour kit to use in emergencies

Displays of what to put in your kit, it can be individualized.

Click to enlarge this panorama of our meeting.

Our RS Presidency: me, Diane and Cathy our president...

We had a valentine theme, that's Maureen our activity coordinator

Our speakers l-r Bremda & Cheryl for our activity day

Snacks, water and meals to store for a 72 hr survival kit

Decorated piano for singing together church hymns.

Lovely table decorations made by Dina

Diane is our RS Counselor over activity days.

We had about 37 women attend our monthly activity day.

Demonstrating how to organize and move a 72 hr kit.

Hot chocolate and cookies were our refreshments.

Lots of donations of new clothing for the Dove Center women in need.

Used jewelry is cleaned and used at Dove Center conferences for funding

It was a festive occasion with lots of conversation and learning.

Visiting is part of the fun with Dianne and Pat taking away.

Kathleen and Ruth are enjoying the many exhibits

Something for everyone goodies, display and visiting

Everyone is invited to brinig visitors and neighbors to enjoy our day.

Lots of questions were answered by our expert Cheryl on the right.

These ladies know their stuff and had lots of handouts.

Spring Shopping

It was 64 degrees today so Caryn and I started our play day at Star Nursery looking at plants and cacti then later looking for outdoor pottery plus a few thrift stores and a yummy lunch made for a fun though exhausting day...

Time to plant pansy and other early blooming plants

Lots of succulents to choose from in this area.

Caryn trying to choose some different colors and shapes for a pot.

Looking new and youthful but prickly.

Love the subtle colors and shapes.

we each bought a critter for our back yard-the goose is mine.

Next we visited this fun outdoor shop with stuff for home & yard

Every color pot you can think of is available here but pricey.

Love the red rock scenery in the background

Even purple pots and every other color you could ever want

Almost bought one of these owl figurines but instead...

This tractor wanted to be added to my kitchen shelf decor

Then we were shown these broken pottery shards that were free.

Exploring downtown St. George, we discover this fun old sign