We had a couple inches of snow over the last few days. Just enough to cover the ground and make it pretty. We took a walk in our son's woods with a weed eater, a chainsaw, a pair of long handled pruners, and a pitchfork. The walk was to get some fresh air and exercise after being cooped up in the house for several days. The tools were to do a little brush cutting to clear a path to some firewood.
The wind was really starting to crank up on the hills, but down in the woods it wasn't bad at all. Though this fern looked like it was feeling the cold.
I was cutting some brush under a hawthorn tree, and when I looked up, I saw this bird nest tucked into the branches.
I had to stop and take a photo of one of my favorite spots in their woods.
Another storm blew in later in the day, and when we woke up this morning, we had another 6 or so inches. Very fluffy. And very cold! It was beautiful, but I didn't take very many pictures when we went out to shovel out the sidewalks and plow the driveway. I couldn't take photos with my thick gloves on, and I found out very quickly it was too painful to take them off with a wind chill of 10 below 0.
But I did pull them off long enough to take a quick snap of this table on our deck.
Isn't that cool? Love how the snow fell through the holes in the tabletop.
I stood in the warmth of the dining room to take this one. The pine bush outside is weighted down by the snow, and I like how it looks behind one of the snowmen ornaments I painted several years ago. It would have been nicer if there wasn't a screen in the window, but I still like the effect.
It's supposed to warm up later in the week, so all this snow may turn to mud in a few days. With any luck, we will get a chance to do a little sled riding before it melts. Too, too cold today, but maybe tomorrow!
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