This foggy scene of our landlord preparing the soil next to our RV reminded me of the old dutch expression "de boer hij ploegde voort", which comes from Ballade van den boer (Ballad of the farmer) by J.W.F. Werumeus Buning. 
Literally meaning "the farmer he plowed ahead", it is similar to the English "soldier on" or more loosely "get on with it".

Nowadays it's mostly used in the context of stability, so despite things changing there is a thing that just keeps on going like it has always done.

After the plowing and discing he and his wife planted another 1600 fir saplings or so, all in long, neat rows following the down-slope of the land ...

   

We had quite some foggy mornings this week and the days were overcast and wet. 
Perfect weather for some long, quiet, peaceful walks through the fields around us ..

On the few slightly brighter days I discovered some first signs of spring:

                                     

This is Amelanchier, a native little tree with as many common names as berry colors:  shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry, juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, wild-plum or chuckley pear just to name a few!
It's one of the earliest to bloom and smells actually rather nice. I might pick some this week to bring inside.  

Twice a day I refill my bird feeders as well as casting some handfuls of seeds on the ground and I've attracted quite a following. 
They barely wait until I'm around the corner before flying in and trying to eat as much as fast as they can ..

They're mostly sparrows, towhees and juncos:

And an occasional song Sparrow ...

Of course I'm watching a lot of the Winter Olympics .. or at least I try. 
Since they're about 9 hours ahead of us I have to be very careful not to open any dutch newspapers too early in the day or I'll spoil the outcome of what's not yet shown here on TV.

The dutch are famous for their skaters and although the first couple of days were rather a disaster, they're slowly getting back 'in the groove' and we're starting to collect some medals.
Here I'm watching the men's 500m which ended in a second place for Jenning de Boo, a dutch skater in his first Olympics, who'd finished second in the 1000m as well!

 

We're fourth in the medal-count at the moment, all in speed and short-track skating, but still, not bad for such a small country!

Since I now have dual citizenship I actually can't loose of course in these games, because the Americans are winning their share of medals as well!                                 

Here's an interesting gadget I bought:



They're Prism glasses, often called 'lazy glasses' or periscope glasses which use built-in mirrors to allow for comfortable, 90-degree downward viewing while lying flat, reducing neck strain while reading or watching TV.
It looks like this: 

                                  

I know them from my nursing-days, they are ideal for bedridden patients, recovery, or watching television/reading without propping up the head.
My neck has always been a little bit of a 'weak' spot, quickly sore and stiff, which lately seemed to get worse, so when I came across these glasses by coincidence I remembered their use in the hospital and thought it might help since I like to read in bed before, and after, I go to sleep. Look
I takes a little getting used to, but so far - so good, I think they will work!

This puzzle was a lot of fun:

I thought I made it fairly recent but since I've started to put a stick-um in all my puzzle boxes with the dates I started and finished them, I could see that it was 3 years ago! 

Unbelievable ... there must have been a time warp ..