feet-in-the-air-snowman – Lynette Walczak- FuntimesGuide.com
I’m now starting a petition for this to be the end of winter and that spring should start tomorrow. As much as I love finding clever snow people and animals, I would like to move on to much better weather. Are you with me?
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This is one of the mailbox decorations my husband and I have made over the years. We don’t have it down there now because we can’t GET down our driveway in one piece yet. Hopefully, one day soon…
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I finally got out and snapped some pics as I was letting Amber out. It’s a balmy 28 degrees now and quite sunny after ‘freezing fog’ warnings this morning.
This is a pretty snow. I really don’t like it when we’re snowed in, though. The main thing is worrying that someone will NEED to come up here in order to help us and they won’t be able to get up our driveway. OR that we NEED to go down, again because of emergency, and we can’t.
You can see Amber out sniffing around, trying to ascertain what’s happened since she was outside last. She only stays out about 5 minutes, taking care of business and wanting to come in where it’s warm and dry.
This is our deck, and the snow is melting here. That’s the only real place I can find any melting yet, though the temperature is forecast to go above freezing today. Fingers crossed.
I’ve decided to try to cheer myself up a bit over the next few (I HOPE!) snowed-in days by finding snow men and snow people creative people have made, and I’ll share them with you.
If you’re in a cold, snowy area today, stay warm and dry!
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I truly love the creativity shown by people making snow people and animals. This is the last group of the year, since I’m HOPING winter is behind us and spring will come soon. (My daffodils are trying to bloom, so they are in agreement with me. :0) )
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“Snowfall rouses your inner child to dream and play once more.” ~Angie Weiland-Crosby
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“Snowmen fall from heaven… unassembled.” – Unknown
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“Some people are worth melting for.” – Olaf, Frozen
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“When snow falls, nature listens.” ~Antoinette van Kleef
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SnowDayProject-Etsy
I have always loved the LOOK of snow. I love seeing big, fat, flakes coming down like being in your own, personal snow globe. I enjoy being out in the yard for a few minutes, enjoying the spectacle of the snow, the way a blanket of it changes the look of everything, muffling sound. As much as I like to be in it, I love coming inside FROM it.
Arkansas does not do winter well. We have ICE. Thin ice. Thick ice. Black ice. Slick ice. TOO MUCH ICE. Usually we have ice and THEN the snow, making it almost impossible to drive safely. And even if YOU are able to move around safely, you get creamed by someone ELSE who CAN’T…
Our driveway is 650+ feet of ‘steep.’ When it’s icy, it’s very possible you can end up across the road, over the barbed wire fence, and in the pasture beyond. The ice brings down the trees on either side of our driveway, bending them over into the driveway, many times breaking them off. One winter in 2001, we were stuck up on the top of our ridge line for 14 days. No public power. No public water (thank goodness for our well). And days and days worth of chain-sawing before my husband and I could clear it enough to drive down.
We get ‘serious’ about getting ready for winter around here. We have our snow tires on the truck now (the first time we’ve taken them in to the experts to have them put on, rather than doing it ourselves.) We’ve unhooked and drained the irrigation systems in the yard. We’ve turned on the automatic electric heater in the well house. (Later we’ll light the propane-powered pilot light for more serious heat in there.) We’ve opened a couple of cabinets where our plumbing froze in the house once. (We now have an automatic electric heater in the cabinet in the utility room bathroom.) We’ve brought in wood for our wood-burning fireplace, we’ve lit the pilot light for the propane-powered heating system in the shop. We’ve drained our mower and other gasoline-powered things for the winter. The bed has our electric blanket on it and the heavier comforter. We have heat pads in our recliners and our nice throws to go over us. :0)
Since many times we’re stuck up here when the snow has melted elsewhere, we try to stay stocked up on food, water, and other supplies. We can’t get down the driveway, but no one could come UP, either, so we’re serious about having what we need to last a couple of weeks or so.
Another thing I really do like about winter is snow people. We don’t often get the good kind of snow – or enough – to create snowmen, but I LOVE seeing the creativity of people. We once caused trouble for my parents by creating a man and a woman who were a bit ‘too true to life and over-abundant in parts’ in their front yard. My husband still laughs like a loon over that. :0) Meanwhile, I collect pictures of snow people I think are wonderful, and I’ll share them with you through the season.
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We’ll enjoy our comfort foods, hot chocolate, snuggle-y sweaters, and a fire in the fireplace from time to time, not because we need the heat, but because we love the ‘feel’ of it. Happy winter!
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Sia-Snowman
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Some wise person said, ‘If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” or words to that effect. I just checked outside again, and the white stuff is clearly falling now. No accumulation on the ground yet, but you can easily see it’s snowing. Oh, joy.
Grudgingly this time, I’m sharing some more snow creations from really creative folks who obviously enjoy the snow more than I do right now. I truly love the imagination and humor shown, and delight when I find new examples. :0)
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I have to admit that winter is not my favorite season. That said, there are many things I LOVE about it –
I’ve always loved sweaters and layers and boots, shawls, mufflers, crocheted hats with snowballs on top, gloves, snuggling under throws, sitting by the fireplace.
Snow people and critters have a special place in my heart. I’ve rarely been in enough snow to actually make them, but really enjoy the creativity shown by people, and wonderful photos like the one with the fox and the snowman above. That one made me laugh out loud when I found it. :0)
When my husband and I started dating a hundred years or so ago (he was 17 and I was 14), we had a rare, really good snow in Arkansas. We celebrated by building two snow people in the front yard of my parents’ home. I built a traditional snowman. My husband built an extremely well-endowed female snow person. They met with a sad ‘accident’ pretty quickly – I think due to my mom instructing my dad to ‘modify’ them before she got complaints from the neighbors…
My parents had a gorgeous, open design fireplace. Somehow, it was designed to be open at one corner of the bricks so you could see it ‘around the corner’ – in the foyer and also in the living room. I’m still amazed at the design. My parents had a gas insert because they wanted to be able to turn the fire on and off when they wanted and didn’t have to store or haul firewood. I have many memories of sitting in a sling chair beside it, or sitting on the hearth in front of it, warming my back.
We have a fireplace insert in our home now. You can’t see the fire well unless you keep the doors open on the insert. It’s made for efficiency and a heat source in case our regular heat isn’t working. We have firewood stored and always have a fire laid, ready for the strike of a match to start it. When we don’t have anywhere we need to be and the weather is really cold, we light it for the COMFORT and good feelings it brings, rather than the need. A definite, wonderful luxury.
Comfort food is wonderful. My mom made big cast iron skillets of spaghetti sauce and garlic bread, and a lovely bean soup. I like to get a beef stew going in the crock pot, serving that with a crust of bread. I also love grilled cheese sandwich and soup dinners.
My favorite snow is one with huge, beautiful flakes like in a snow globe. It coats the ground in pristine, glorious white, looking beautiful. If there are children around, enough for a snowball fight, snow angels, or maybe a snowman. Then, the sun comes out right away, the temperature warms, and the snow is melted on our driveway and the roads, leaving it on the ground otherwise. Fantasies are made to be enjoyed. :0)
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It’s not actually snowing here, but I loved this snowman musician and wanted to share him with you. It is still at freezing here, so I’m waiting a bit to uncover my veggie plants in the garden. The weather has been such I’ll bring the sheets in to dry them before putting them back on the plants before dark tonight.
We got to talk with our son in Thailand this morning via a conference call program where we can actually see his face. I made him smile when I told him what a GOOD man he is. :0)
I’m getting a haircut today. If you’re in the area and are looking for a kind, competent miracle-worker, call Michael Remillard at Tangles. 479-357-9305. 40 Town Square, Greenwood AR 72936. He has taken care of both my husband and me for several years and we truly love him. Today I’m asking him to try to do a ‘shaggy pixie’ or ‘waif’ cut with all different lengths around my face and ears. I’m taking two pics of haircuts I call SASSY….. :0)
UPDATE – Just uncovered the plants – all is fine. Although it is technically above freezing now, it’s C_O_L_D out there! I about froze my parts off. I’m putting the sheets through the dryer so they’ll be ready to spread over the plants again tonight…
I hope you stay warm and dry today.
Life with Dogs and Cats
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Snoopy
Snow Addiction
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Z-Man via Yolanda Vanveen
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You Need More Art in Your Life
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Heavenly Recipes
I don’t really like cold weather, but I do love making snowmen and playing in the snow. I remember one year when my husband-to-be and I were dating (a hundred years or so ago) we built snow people in my parent’s front yard. A man and a woman. Quite traditional. THEN he really wanted to add anatomically correct – even exaggerated – parts to each one. He was very disappointed when I told him we would NOT do that!
Alex Howitt
One of my favorite things is to look on the net to find snow people I haven’t seen before and share them. I’m so happy to live on the same planet as people who not only think outside the box, but burn the box! There is so much humor and creativity out there.
Alex Howitt
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We love Calvin & Hobbes. Bill Watterson created the idea of Snow-Goons, evil snowmen who wreaked all sorts of havoc.
This is the front of our Snow-Goon decoration. He is one of the largest of our decorations. The piece is about 4 feet high and 3-1/2 fee wide. This one was also more challenging because of the attached arms holding the head. We like the 3-D effect.
This is the back of the piece. I tried to blend the attachment bar into the snowman. We’re in the middle of having a cold front move through, dropping our temperatures and threatening freezing rain, etc., so this decoration seemed appropriate.
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After catching up with our good friends at Lunch Bunch and doing errands, we’re enjoying being home in a warm, dry house.
I hope you’re having a happy day, too.
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