After a warm and wonderful Christmas with family we were treated to too many days of freezing rain and dreary weather. Not nice for Lady Bug and Power Puff's travels during the holiday, but they made it home and back to school again safely, so we are thankful for that.
Yesterday we packed up the CRV to prepare for a trip to Riverwood today, and Butterfly and the Boy prepared for a trip to Montreal for New Year's Eve celebrations. I was not happy to see more freezing rain last night, but was pleasantly surprised to wake up to sunshine and clear roads this morning.
What a treat to discover that the freezing rain had coated all the trees, shrubs, grasses, twigs, fences, wires, sign posts and anything else that happened to be standing out in the downpour last night, in a thick coat of ice. Mother Nature worked her magic all along our route and the sunshine lit up all the icy coats she designed this morning. What a treat for the eyes and heart. Every blade of grass and each pine needle were etched in icy splendour so the whole landscape sparkled and twinkled when the sun hit it. It was a sight to behold I must say.
After we arrived at the farm and unpacked the car we got a fire blazing in the furnace to warm up the old farmhouse and then we donned our snowshoes and set off for a walk. We visited the Chickadee Tree first and slathered peanut butter on lots of branches before we trekked down to the swimming hole. The sun was setting fire to the icy trees while they stood at attention in Four Paw Pasture and Elisarben Meadow. What a marvellous walk we had. I soon filled up the card on my camera. Yikes! When we got back to the farmhouse and uploaded the pictures we discovered that we couldn't capture the magic fire on film, but we did get a couple of shots that might give you an idea of the beauty our eyes feasted on today.
AC posted a few pictures too.
Above is a picture of the roads we travelled on to get here, and below is a picture of the fence along Welcome Lane at Riverwood. Oh so pretty huh?
I am too weary to write much tonight, but I did want to post these pictures and at least say hello and wish you all safe and happy New Year's celebrations this weekend. Company arrives tomorrow so things will be busy around here for the next couple of days. I'll talk to you again next week.
Take care.
8 comments:
Again, it looks heavenly indeed, Cuppa!
Have a wonderful New Year's and Happy 2006!
Lovely! Happy New Year!
It looks dreamy. Have fun.
Happy New Year to you and Anvilcloud!
P. S. You do have the same new year in Canada as we do in the States, don't you?
Just kidding.
lovely.
This is great!! I love the pictures. I had no idea you had a blog too. I've been to AC's and now I get to visit you too. Life is good.
So lovely! Our world is as green as yours is white. Happy New Year!
You certainly have more clear skies than we get in Ohio.
Now I'm tagging you, and you can only tag over-50 bloggers.
"What snack items did your mother allow in your home and put out for you when you were growing up--either home made or store bought? And what item was absolutely not allowed?"
"slathered peanut butter on lots of branches"
Is this a sort of pre-processed-food-Celtic-tree-worship ritual? Is there a reason for sticky trees?
Maybe it's a Canadian thing? Like melanoma is out here?
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