Day 54 - White Out

Yesterday while our southern gospel group was practicing at the church we had a white out. The snow was coming down in these huge flakes about the size of a quarter. Since we can't see out the windows where we practice I'm not sure how long it snow this way but we ended up with around 2 inches in just 2 hours. Glad it stopped just before it was time for church to start.
I took this picture looking out the window of the church with my cell phone. I used Graffi soft Black and White filter on the picture.

Day 36 - The Wonder of Snow

I love this picture of Lexie when she was experiencing her first major snow fall. The flakes were coming down so fast and she is gazing up at the sky trying to figure all of this out. Awh...... the wonder of snow and nature!

I wonder do we still look at the world with fresh eyes, or do you think yeah, I've seen this stuff a thousand times? I never fail to experience a pull at my heart and emotions when I see a sunset, a new bloom on a flower, a nest full of eggs and a new born baby. All of these are evidence of God's amazing work around us.

Take time today to look at the world through fresh eyes, maybe you will see something in a whole new light.

Day 28- Chili for a Chilly Day

I didn't want to post another snow picture as beautiful as it can be. Right now we are under about 8 inches of snow with it still coming down an inch an hour. So it seems like a great time to make chili for supper. These are my ingredients I use in my chili, I have a picky eater so I can't use onion but I do use onion powder to fool him, lol. We like our chili with macaroni and cheese on top making for a more filling meal.

Oh, one more thing Faith Sisters is having a blog train right now, "Love My Pet" is the theme. You can grab these great mini kits by the designers through the 31st just go to my design blog
to get my part you see here. There is something for every pet lover in these kits.

Day -11 Ice Age

Yesterday it was so bleak and dark with all the snow flying so it wasn't a very good day to get pictures outside. I did brave a few today as we are beginning to thaw out and the sun is shining on the snow which makes it look like glitter has been sprinkled around.

I love the ice hanging off the vine and looking through it. Here are a few more that I took while I was out there. This next one was the ice that formed at the bottom of the vine and you can see the ground cover peeking through with a little bit of green.



And then here is the prints left by my dog on the porch snow.



And a close up of the ice a the bottom of the vine.

Looking at Winter

I love the look of my world when it is all fresh with snow makes everything look clean and pure.
I don't like driving in it though, it was so bad last night they canceled church services. We didn't get alot of snow but it was blowing really bad and there was ice under the snow which does not make for a great combination to drive in. Anyway here are a few views around my house this morning, I braved the single digit wind chill to get, lol.

I loved the pattern the snow made with the stone work in my front flower garden.


This is the barrel where I plant flowers in summer with just the remnants of them left.
We love to sit out on the back porch but this is a little to cold for me.

This was taken in the front at ground level looking at the snow cover world.