A Cold Windy and Wet Friday-and Another Journal Page

 It's another wintry mix here on the lake today. This time it started out with snow-then ice then we are to warm up a bit and get rain. It is quite windy out there too. I didn't think we had ice yet so I grabbed the mail to go out in the mail box and good thing I always grab the railing as I slid right down-lol So nope came back in the house as I would never be able to walk up that hill to the mailbox.

  I took a couple of photos just now

  It's still pretty to me looking at our view of the lake.  I need to bring in that ash tray as no one we know smokes any more.

  January in Missouri is Eagle Days. Allot of the conservation areas hold events within the state. I thought perhaps we would see more eagle here but still the same family. and many times one of them flies right by my husband's work room window and then flies up to the top of that tree I show photos of. He says it happens so fast he barely has time to react and watch. All wings mostly. That would be cool to see.

   So the eagles inspired my latest journal page. There were a few nice photos from a contest in the weekly Wednesday newspaper so I cut out my favorite. I think this one won first place too.
    The background papers are from recyclables-the dark green was from an envelope, and the polka dots was from junk mail. The other cut outs were from Christmas cards, a cancelled stamp from when they were .39 cents. and I do like stamping on a seperate piece of paper now-this is from the green envelope. and the little bit of turquoise was cut from a foil coffee bean bag.

I almost did not add that top greenery to the left-I tried a couple different pieces I had cut out and settled on this one. That area I thought was a bit too blank without adding a little something more.
  Now that I am looking at the photos-I could have put the green envelope on both sides of the page and not the same width. I am still pleased with the results though  Another thought was to turn the bottom greenery downward so both were not facing up-but this piece didn't look good that way.

I am enjoying these collages in my spiral junk journal-gives me small projects for crafting. Keeps my mind active-and that's a good thing.

Happy Friday and coming weekend everyone.

     I will be watching football on Sunday as I have a favorite team in each game this year-Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs.  Will you be watching the games??  I am still really enjoying watching the St Louis Blues hockey games. The last one was so exciting even though they lost in overtime.