Snowy and Cold

It is snowy. 

And it is cold. 

Winter in Kansas.

:-)

Skies Of Blue

I see skies of blue

and fuzzy little buds on the branches of the pear tree.

What do you see in your part of the world?

Hat and Mittens

(Raggedy Anne and Andy,  Bobbs-Merrill Co 1974)

Be sure to put on your hat and mittens before you go outside to play!

(Mr. Garden, clearing some of the snow off the deck to put down food for the birds.)


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Speaking of cold things...
this looks like a really good book about climbing Mt Everest.
I can't wait to start reading it!

 the Eccentric Lady had this in a giveaway on her blog and I won.
Thank you, Sherri!
(She reviews book proofs and then shares the books with friends.)

Update:  I finished this book and really really liked it!
I recommend it to anyone who enjoys adventure and history like I do.
It's a novel, but based on the life of real people and real happenings.

Snow Storm

This is what it looked like out our front door yesterday.

Mother Nature dropped about a foot of snow on us.

We could still see (barely) that there was a house across the road,

so it wasn't a complete whiteout.

But today our road got plowed, we shoveled out the driveway

and the sun in shining, so life is pretty much back to normal.

And I am a very happy Mama, because our son is coming home this weekend!

Hope you all have a very happy weekend, too!

Snow Flurries And A Winner

We woke this morning to itty bitty snow flurries

and wind gusts that blew everything sideways.

There is not enough snow there to even cover the grass, but it still looks pretty.

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Thank you to everyone who entered my little valentine giveaway.

I asked Mr. Garden to pick the winning number.

#12.

Congratulations Kim K. !

Please send a mailing address.

Snow Is On The Way!

We are supposed to receive our first snowfall late tonight and into tomorrow!

AND...

The  forecast is calling for snow on Christmas day!   YAY!!!
Thank you Mr Weatherman!

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas!

Lincoln Logs

Since yesterday was President Lincoln's birthday,

I thought I'd pull these out and build a log cabin.

I love construction toys!

Did you play with Lincoln Logs when you were a kid?

(These were my son's.)

We finally got a wee bit of snow!!  

Not enough to make snow angels,

but it's white and it's cold and it's sticking to the ground.

Yay!!

P.S.-  Sorry about the wait to reveal the project I was working on.

I need a couple more days.  I promise to show all later this week.

February Snow

We are getting the kind of snowfall that everyone wishes for on special days ... like Christmas.   These snowflakes are massive and gorgeous!   Seriously, they are bigger around than a quarter.  Everything has already been coated in white and it's supposed to just keep coming down for several more hours. 

If you enlarge the picture above you can see the huge snowflakes coming down out of the sky.  Those are not droplets on my camera lens.

Both of my college kids were planning to come home this weekend.   I hope they are careful on the roads.
I have just come in from shoveling snow.  It is heavy, wet snow and it's about 8 inches deep on the drive.  What a great work out!  But I probably won't be able to move tomorrow!  LOL!!

Snow Fort, Snow Man, Snow Mountain

We have  had quite a bit of snow here.  Snow on top of snow, and then even more snow. This picture  was taken after the first or second snow.

This one was after the third snow.  It's starting to pile up.

Mr. Garden and my son went out to shovel the walks and decided to build a snow fort!  
The recycling bin makes a great snow-brick form.

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Hauling another brick over to the the building site.

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That wall is looking pretty good!

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Making sure it's good and solid.  They had a great snowball fight after they were finished.

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Then they shoveled the drive and walk for our neighbors across the street.  The Mrs. was so happy she baked them an apple pie!  That was the nicest thing ever!   It was yummy. (They shared with me.)

Son also built a snow man.  He came running inside to get a carrot for it's nose.  But all I had in the refrigerator were baby carrots.   Oops!  Moms should know to put regular sized carrots on the grocery list when the weather-man forecasts snow.  (It looks like I'm not going to win "Mother-Of-The-Year" this year either.)

The snow fort is still out there.  Next to the the snow mountain. (where we keep piling up the snow we shovel off the driveway. It's almost as tall as me.)  It  snowed more the day after the snow fort was built.  And tiny little flurries today too.  It just keeps coming down.  I heard it may warm all the way up to 30 on Sunday.  If it gets that warm I may need to put on my bathing suit!