a snowy village of good random fun

good - random - fun

Well you all know the saying -

when life gives you snow...

make snowmen!

(or is that lemons?)
My random sighting for the week - this gathering of snow people.

Is there a party going on, here?

And since we had lots of snow last week - (and I mean lots)
we decided to head out to the forest for a little snowshoeing fun.

Greg and Maggie (formerly Chicago-daughter) are blazing a trail for me
while I lag behind shooting photos.
This turned out to be an unexpectedly good work out!

So that's my week in a nutshell.
I am joining Tamar at Random-osity for some good, random fun.

watery wednesday - frozen hideaway

Whew - it's only Wednesday, and already it's been a crazy, busy week-
budget projection deadlines, long days, late dinners - you know the drill
Anyway -
last night, done for the day, I grabbed a nice big handful of chocolate chips,
plopped on the couch and started pinning healthy recipes.
Okay, so the irony wasn't lost on me, and I switched to crafts - madly pinning crochet patterns.
Boy - this cold weather has me crocheting up a storm!
Scarves, throws, cowls, boot cuffs - yep, this stylin' 50-something is sporting cowls and boot cuffs.
Soooo -
just when you thought I was rambling without a cause,
I'll bring you to my wintery frozen water scenes

A few of you remarked at the lack of snow in my last post of barn photos.

Taken by surprise - I scrolled back up to take another look at my photos.

Whoa - you were right!

These photos were also taken last weekend - only a few miles away.
Go figure...

How about this cabin hideaway?!
As a kid, I sure would have loved this bridge.

And then,

over by the West River, on another snowshoe outing, I spied this little snowman -

out in the middle of nowhere.

It made me smile to think that someone took a break from their hike to build this little guy.

Thanks for dropping in!

west river revisited

Last weekend we decided to head out with our guests for another snowshoeing adventure.
Or - I think that is - Greg and I decided to head out snowshoeing and
told our guests to be sure to bring their snow gear - they were going to need it.
Yeah.... we're gracious hosts...

It was a pretty day though,

 - and we all enjoyed trying to find catamount tracks.

Although, I'm pretty sure they were all dog prints.

And while I practiced taking photos with the lens I got for Christmas,

Greg took better photos with his iPhone.

Hmmmm, I kind of hate that...

And I won't say which is which.

A little frozen water for Wednesday

And while these photos may look cold,

the weather we have right now makes last weekend seem downright balmy!

Have a great week!

I'm joining Bluff Area Daily for Watery Wednesday

Thanks for dropping in!

watery wednesday - overlook trail revisited

Last Spring I hiked along the Overlook Trail in Jamaica State Park.

This time I ventured out with Chicago-daughter

- on showshoes.

It was a beautiful, sunny day - the first part of the trail follows the West River.

You can see it behind the trees - the reflection is so bright, it almost looks like snow.

-and a rare photo of me with Chicago-daughter

- wow it sure feels different on this side of the camera!

A kind lady saw me shooting photos of the river and offered to take a picture for us.

I'm hesitant to hand over my camera (you know, you can take the girl out of the city...)

but then - the image of a chase scene on snowshoes came to mind...

This is the section of the river called "the dumplings"

The snow on top of these boulders makes them look a bit more like marshmallows.

This was my first snowshoeing adventure, but it won't be my last.

I enjoyed it far more than I expected - and - I'm not nearly as klutzy on snowshoes as I am on skis.

Thanks for dropping in!