Tag Archives: Snow

Gift #1047: First Snowfall

This past week has been full of preparations for the Christmas trip and on Tuesday morning, my mom and I had planned to run a few errands on the north end of town and visit the mall there to see … Continue reading

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Gift #757: Snow Kisses

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer … Continue reading

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Gift #756: Amid the falling snow

The scene that greeted me this morning was straight out of a winter storybook.  We had a good, fresh fall of snow – light, powdery, glorious stuff that glinted like diamonds in the sunlight.  (yes – we had sunshine too!)  … Continue reading

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Gift #562: Icicles

We’ve had a bit of sun, glorious sun, these past few days – that has been lovely.  The sun along with the frigid temperatures, has perfectly set the stage for icicles.   Spiky stalactites of ice are hanging off every surface.  … Continue reading

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Gift #556: Frozen Landscape

My blogging has been a bit spotty recently, and I have vowed to be more attentive to looking for my ordinary miracles and actually taking pictures of them for the blog.  Last night I had an excuse for not blogging … Continue reading

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Gift #548: Robins

Today was another cold snowy day.  Because of travel conditions this morning, it also became a “work at home” day.  I had fortunately anticipated this scenario and brought my computer home last night.  I was very happy that I had … Continue reading

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Gift #536: Winter visitor

I’m really excited because tomorrow the temperatures are going to warm up to 9!  That sounds really weird.  But after a couple of days with -15 as the high, 9 will seem fairly balmy.  One of the things I’ve missed … Continue reading

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Gift #535: Winter snows

Today I lived in a snowglobe.  It snowed and snowed all day today, starting very early this morning, and it’s still going a little bit.  We’ve got about a foot of new snow today, on top of what was leftover … Continue reading

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Gift #519: Snowy day

Here’s the sight that greeted me this morning. Isn’t that beautiful?  It snowed lovely, large flakes all morning.  It had also snowed all night and the roads were messy so I jettisoned plans for running errands and decided that I’d … Continue reading

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Gift #512: Tiny miracles

Tonight we are receiving our first real snowfall, accumulating fluffs of whiteness.  Like most of the US, we are feeling the icy breath of winter.  We had sleet this afternoon and now it has turned to snow.  I love to … Continue reading

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