Faerie Snowflakes in my Garden

"The north wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will the dormouse do then,
Poor thing?
Roll'd up like a ball,
In his nest snug and small,
He'll sleep till warm weather comes in,
Poor thing."

Unlike the dormouse roll'd up like a ball in the traditional ballad, The North Wind Doth Blow, we found ourselves outside in the wintery landscape enjoying the snow flowers that had rained down from the skies overnight.

I must be honest, though.  Last night as I was out in the dark shoveling the snow down the walkway to the car park, I wasn't thinking snow flowers.  Shoveling is hard work when you do it alone.  This morning when I awoke and looked out the front door, I wasn't excited.  I wasn't excited at all.  All the work I had done the previous night was for naught.  I looked at Papa and said, "We got some pretty hard shoveling to do if we don't want to be snowbound."

As I was getting into my snow gear, from the front door I heard Papa call to me, "Hey Lena and Paul and the girls have arrived, snow shovels in hand, Bob!"  Yahoo, I thought to myself....maybe this won't be so bad after all.  With many hands working, the work load will be light.

Lena and Paul stayed down by the car park shoveling out my CRV and then started on the walkway up to the house..  Papa ran down and got the girls and we started shoveling the stairs and the stone pathway.  Meanwhile Julia was making snow angels and tracks in the snow.  Sage was more intent on shoveling and stopping once in awhile to eat the snow.

When all the shoveling was done and we had warmed ourselves inside (snow clothes in the dryer a must) and fortified ourselves with hot drinks, muffins and trail mix, it was time for sledding.  We have some great sand hills surrounding the cranberry bogs... perfect for that age old sport.

As Papa and I were watching the girls climb up the hills and slide down abandonment we couldn't help but think of other years when our own boys found magic in a winter's day.

Hope you enjoyed coming along for the ride!  Just remember when you go sledding, keep your head up and just push off...the adventure is just beginning.  I made a video to go along with this story...check it out here.  I think you'll love the music.

Wishing you all peace and happiness during this holiday season.