It has been cold, cold, cold (for us) around these parts this winter. Our temperature has stayed in the mid-twenties for nearly the whole month of January. This has meant a whole lot of indoor time for our little family of five and a whole lot of time together.
We have started playing games, I have been knitting a lot, we have been painting, and cleaning, and sticking, and drawing. And yesterday I think we just about ran out of things to do indoors and so we took ourselves outdoors and to the woods.
We have a middle child who is very sensitive to the cold so this meant only a little bit of time in these woods (and a whole lot more time spent getting on and taking off gear, but what can you do...).
But the few moments that we spent out there were full of white, sparkly magic. We saw birds' nests and animals tracks, burrowed holes in the snow made into warm igloo-like animal homes--Bernd Heinrich's Winter World right before us, a true wonder to behold.
4 comments:
Oh my goodness, that glittery, sparkly snow is just beautiful. A winter wonderland indeed!
I keep trying to convince myself that we should go for a walk in the rain . . . hasn't worked so far. Beautiful snow, and so wonderful that you can connect it to what you've seen in a book!
Love your winter wonderland. It is fun to see it through a child's eyes. Love all your "run-in's" with nature as you walked through the snow.
That looks just beautiful! Sometimes a few moments is all it takes to imprint something on the memory.
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