Seasons of Change

It's pretty amazing how drastic the seasons will change things. This is one of my favorite places to hang out in town. In fact, it's just one of my favorite places in general to hang out. During the not-so-cold months of the year, it's pretty busy with people, children, and unleashed dogs taking a quick dip in the river. Despite how busy it can get at times, it always has a calmness to it. It's not unusual during warmer days to see poets writing in their journals, students from the local college reading literature or painters painting a picture. By the time winter comes in, the trees have become bare, the pond freezes over, the sound of birds has become far less than what it was months before yet there is still a strong presence of what is here and what is to be. Love it!!!

We love sledding!

By far one of the most exciting things about winter is sledding!!!Luckily we have a variety of hills to choose from for when we want to go sledding. Our little one is pretty fearless, so she has a blast on her tube sled. In the summer time I bought a vintage flexible flyer for $5.00 at a huge tag sale. That was a great find for me since I always wanted one. Needless to say, the flexible flyer lived it up to its name and I plan to put lots of use to it!

Catching snowflakes

A couple nights before the snowstorm blew in(which is blowing outside), I went outside to try and capture a couple snowflakes. I have a few small glass panes around the house collecting dust. So I just laid one of those out for a few minutes till it was cold enough to catch a snowflake. I looked up what kind of snowflake this is but can't tell whether it's a stellar dendrite or a fern stellar dentrite. Nonetheless, this could become a new habit of mine. If I still had my old Nikon with a macro lens I would be getting a little obsessive with this.