Winter Never Looked so Beautiful and 10 Things I Like

There are warmer temperatures fore casted for this week so by Friday we should be seeing less snow and more earth. Translation- mud. I am not looking forward to what the dogs and kids will be tracking into the house shortly!

But just as I am being pessimistic about what is on the horizon, I wake up this morning to find new winter beauty. Breathtaking beauty. It had thawed some yesterday but the temps dropped to a hard freeze again over night. Where was all that new moisture supposed to go? I guess that's the phenomenon of hoar frost. Frozen dew.

There is also a new dusting of snow falling today. Frozen air. The flakes are barely falling, they are so light. Seem to just hover in the air before finding something to cling to.


I knew I did not have long to document the gorgeous scenery, with warmer air expected. It's as if everything got a thin glaze of white paint. So Shabby Chic! These are all views from my yard. I didn't stray far in the 7*F. air. These branches are the ancient maple in our backyard.

In the photo below is the house across the street from us. It is a shabby, unpainted house, but you would never know it while it's framed in frost and snow. The brown shrubbery in the bottom of the photo is our "dead" hydrangeas. Above them are the over hanging branches of the giant evergreen in our side yard.

And here I will take the opportunity to list 10 things I like which are free.

I got voluntarily tagged by Bad Penny.

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1. SNOW. I like winter as long as it is white.

2. Icicles. Especially when they sparkle in the sunlight.

3. The first green shoots (crocuses) that appear

at the hint of spring.

4. The smell of wood smoke on the winter air.

5. Toasting my jeans on the space heater before slipping them on.

Like a warm hug!

6. Watching our St. Bernard and basset hound gamboling through the deep snow as they chase something on the other side of our fence (this morning it was the trash truck ;)

7. Having hot tea, scrambled eggs, toast and home made applesauce on a tray this morning, in the living room

as Rebecca and I watched TV.

Actually, priceless.

8. Getting back to our nice warm home

after running errands in the cold.

9. Absolute deafening silence.

I don't get enough of it with 3 kids and 2 dogs.

10. Sharing all of this with blogging friends.

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If you have read this, consider your self tagged.

List 10 things you like which are free.