PHOTOS: Ice and Country

I have photography for you guys today! A lot of these are from a little snow day we had not too long ago... but it's actually snowing right now as I write this.

*I walk over to my siblings* *with an extra exuberant voice* "Guess what? It's the first day of spring!" *as it snows outside* hehe

Anyhow... miscellaneous photo day. :)

FAVORITE PICTURE? HOW IS THE WEATHER ON YOUR FIRST DAY OF SPRING?

On the Third Day of Christmas

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    One thing that I think make Christmas feel Christmas-y is snow. Well, doesn't anyone? When I lived in Minnesota we always had a white Christmas (but snow was an every-day thing anyhow), but I haven't since. In fact, it might rain on Christmas here. :P 

   

  Snow would be WAY TOO COOL (like, it'd be awesome if it looked like that picture up there), but it sure doesn't look like that'll happen where I'm at. So let's look at snow pictures! :)

  

   These two pictures are from my former house in MN. You may have seen the one below on my blog before, 'cause it's been on here. :)

     Now some pixabay pictures to make mine look blah. :P But I really don't have very many snow pictures. I got into photography in 2013, then we moved from MN in 2014. And it doesn't snow much here, as I've said.

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   Click HERE to look at some winter wonderland pictures from a blog I follow, and HERE to view my icy-snow pictures from last year. :)

  This isn't a very interesting post... so I quickly found something on pinterest that's snow-related to share on here.

  To those of you who are SO sad that you probably won't have a white Christmas you can make you own! 8D Haha.  Actually, you can make a little bit of fake snow for your little siblings to play with, and make a mini snowman. ;) Just click here. Now, I haven't made this, so I can't say for sure it'll actually work... but it probably will. ;) *whispers* It actually looks a little fun... =D 

DO YOU HAVE SNOW? DO YOU WANT A WHITE CHRISTMAS?

The Magic of a Winter Woodland

 We've had snow lately. With it came some pretty pictures I got to take with my lovely camera. :) 

 Yesterday it was sunny, and things were melting. There was ice all over... perhaps we had freezing rain one night? But really, it was lovely. The ice on the trees sometimes shone all silvery... beautiful. So after taking pictures in my yard and all, I went out toward the woods through the field that our house is peninsula-ed in. ;) 

You can tell there was wind from these ripples in the snow.

This- I love this! The cornstalk is made quite beautiful by the ice surrounding it. :)

 Then the woods had some pretty things to capture. The bushes and undergrowth were ladden with snow, and icicles hung here and there. :)   

Now these are some of the pictures I took around my house and all.

See the ice coating on this tree? :D It's pretty cool.

Here is ice on the leaves of our magnolia tree. :)

  
 I took this picture a different day. It just kind of shows simplicity. white, reletively smooth snow all around, on a cloudy day. And then that interesting little swirly shrub thing pocking out of the ground. Hm. :)

 Well I hope that was interesting. Yay for photography! ;) 

Satisfying Blog Update and Doings...

 Christmas is next week! Time really goes by fast. I still have more Christmas shopping to do... love it. :) So fun.
 
  So, you probably noticed I did a blog makeover. :D I might change some more things, but I really like it. I got the picture behind the title to be a good size, and now my blog is more my personality...  And I even made the name better. :) Maybe I should add an "about me" page now.

  So, what I am doing...

Right now I'm reading this book:

 

I haven't really been reading it lately. School so gets in the way. But this is an interesting series, set in the World War 2 times, with some magic added in. :)

 

I've been taking pictures of... nothing. :( Not really, anyway. The camera is still wrecked, and the only things I've taken pictures with that actually has a good camera are smart phones. Which I haven't used much. I should borrow my dad or brother's phone and take a bunch of pictures!!

 

But I guess I can give you some old pictures... of snow.

 

I miss this. Dear, cold, snowy, Minnesota winters. Yep. If I was still there, I might think of it less endearingly, but right now it sounds nice.

 

This picture I just of some "sculpture" I made once, but it kind of shows more what it was like in the background.

Beautiful hoarfrost. :) Even stuck to the clothespins.

                       

        Might kind of look like Narnia with the lamppost out in the snow. :)

  We still have a lamppost now, where we're at, which is kind of cool... but it's not as pretty as this   one. :)

 

 

 

   The rest of my week is going to be busy. Tomorrow my family is going somewhere for supper, the next day me and my sister are babysitting, and Sunday we might have a Christmas get together with family... It probably doesn't sound busy to most people on this earth, but my life is not very active.

Today was also kind of busy. We made cookies and chocolate dipped pretzels with family, and then had my sister's birthday party. And watched a movie called "A Princess for Christmas". It was kind of cute. :)

One last thing. Anyone excited for the When Calls the Heart Christmas special?? (if you even watch the TV show)

 

It's going to be so fun to watch more of this wonderful show! (Jack!) :D

 

Anyhow, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year if I don't get to posting before 2016!!!!! :)