Foto Friday- Winter Storm

Today, we are enjoying some beautiful sunshine.  But yesterday, was a different story.....

 Outside my door

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A Very Wintry Foto Friday!

Welcome to Foto Friday!

Grab a cup of something warm and enjoy!

Winter in these parts has been grueling.  

We had become used to mild winters in recent years.  

With all this Arctic air and white stuff, we have had ample opportunity to just 

STAY HOME!

Winter has definitely afforded me the ability to do a lot of camera clicking

...and might I add....

with the new camera hubby bought me for Christmas!

In my last post, I promised more backyard winter bird pictures. 

 Since winter is 

For The Birds.....

Lets' start with those bird photos....

(These photos were taken out the window- from the comfort of my warm and cozy living room)

On Monday, we had a fresh coating of wet snow.  

As I was admiring its beauty, I noticed a flock of (very confused) robins in the trees. 

Beautiful!

On another day, we had a hawk circling during one of our doggie play dates.





 He may have been looking for a chicken dinner.  But he left hungry!

Monday, we had wet snow, and on Tuesday......a coating of Ice.

This gives new meaning to ICE SKATES

This morining.....

everything was that

 walk -on -top -of- the- snow -crispy!

But a little bit of ice never stopped Josie girl from havin' a little bit of fun!

Well, that's all for now folks.

Thanks for stopping by....  

Please stay tuned-

 for more

FOTO FRIDAYS

are coming soon!

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Winter Daze

Okay...I know the calendar says

But at our house

WINTER HAS ARRIVED!

I took this pic at the beginning of the storm Saturday.
If you look closely, you can see the chickies in the portable
chicken house under the trees.  By storms end the bows
 were hanging VERY low. But the girls were just fine!

I did some blogging and scrapbooking during the storm, while Hubs did some woodworking (more on this project later).....

...that is until we lost power!  

Then there was nothing to do but gaze out the window.

 After about 4 hours power was restored at our house.  But our daughter and son in law were not as lucky (even though their last name is Luckie..he he)

So they loaded up the babies and came over for a sleep over.

Hubs made breakfast for everyone the next morning.

Notice the baby on the counter!

After breakfast, I ventured out to get some snapshots of all the white stuff.

We enjoyed having our sweet babies for the weekend......

Everyone has gone home now, but I'm still feeling 

 a bit 

dazed and confused 

by this 

October Snow...

Tammy

Scrappy Saturday

With temps hitting 100

I thought it would be fun to 

look at scrap pages from 

colder days!

(Don't forget to click to enlarge)

Jacks first Snow

RENEWAL-SAYING SO LONG TO WINTER

As you can probably tell my fresh new layout....

I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF WINTER!

Regardless of that nasty Phil's forecast of 6 more weeks of winter.....I'm done with it. Winter is officially over at my house! I'm turning the corner and bringing out the spring- time feel at my house! All remnants of winter decor are going to be banished from sight! First on the hit list is the front porch.

But before I completely close the book on winter, I want to share a few last pictures from these last days of winter at my house. I've been behind on my blogging because I have been cleaning out closets and getting the house reorganized. At our house, we have two seasons- holiday season and garden/canning season. So this is the in-between-time of year to roll up the sleeves and dig in. (more on that another day)

About 2 weeks ago, a flock of ROBINS made their debut to our back yard. Well actually they took up residence on the "hunting camper".

BIG mistake! What are they going to eat?

(Oh that reminds me...season number 3 at our house-HUNTING SEASON!)

Here's a great Reminder

We had a lot of snow this year!! Mother Nature dumped 2 feet on one occasion and a few days later another foot. You can imagine the grumbling going on around here with all the shoveling, and plowing. As I walked up the sidewalk one day from getting the mail, my little flag just set off a little giggle on the inside of me. It reads:

REJOICE IN EVERY GOOD THING!

Even snow!??!!

Valentines Day gave us a nice break from the weather. We enjoyed some card making, baking, and a family picnic together (indoors of course). Our menu:

Hamburgers and Hot dogs

Harvest Potatoes

Baked beans

Cookies

Punch in our festive lighted punch bowl

Cherry Pie

And one more thought .............hold on to your bloomers!

As I am closing the door on winter and looking toward spring.....

I'm dreaming of my gardens laden with seeds (already ordered)

that will produce abundantly,

a yard that is a gorgeous lush color of green, instead of a filthy dirty white,

oooh and can't forget the smell of fresh cut grass,

floral decorations and splashes of spring forsythia-like yellow about the house.....everywhere.

pantries and closets, cleared of the clutter and

windows clean and sparkly that allow the spring sun to shine through brightly,

a new batch of fuzzy little chicks,

and the RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD!

And as a water aerobics instructor

I'm dreaming of shedding a few winter pounds!

This little cartoon has given me the inspiration I needed to

KICK IT UP A NOTCH!

With that I'll close!!

I hope you'll take time to dream about spring Today!

Living Simply and Deliberately,

Tammy