Thursday, February 10, 2011

That's Snow Fun

It's been a pretty snowy winter in Tennessee. On the way to the obligatory nurse check-in this morning, i felt like we were driving through a Christmas snowglobe -- the way the morning was glittering off the white snow, the way the tall spikes of grass were crusted with ice, like rock-candy or crystal carvings. Do you ever feel that you are living on top of a faerytale -- that there is some great magic buried underneath the hills you walk on, waiting its time to burst out in a great shining flower of magic and adventure?

Anyway, the good thing about winter in Tennessee -- as compared to winter in, say, IOWA -- is that it never gets so cold you can't enjoy being cold. We are in the 20s (that's ABOVE zero!), and have gotten more snow in the past few days than we have for several years. I can't remember the last time i played outside in the snow. I feel like a little kid -- a decorous walk across the drive to my grandparents' turns into a series of snowbunny hops. Somehow i managed to leave dinosaur footprints in my path, and there are bootprints spelling out a lopsided "EMILY <3 DENNIS" on the hill behind our house.

My sisters were a little more creative. They came up with a Jane Austen snow-woman:




Is that awesome or what?

6 comments:

  1. WONDERFUL!!! I want a pic of the boys' trompings,too. That is so sweet!

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  2. Ben made a squat snowman with actual legs and arms. It's pretty awesome. I think Tom and Mom both have pics of his rockin' snow sculpture on FB. My siblings are so amazing. I love them!

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  3. Also i need to learn some more adjectives. I think i've been hanging out with teenagers recently (^_~)

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  4. Leviticus, huh? Lemme tell you where the good stuff is. THIS passage is proof positive that the Bible is Real and True. Verses 12 & 13 tell us 'what', & verse 14 tells us 'why'. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy%2023:12-14&version=NIV

    Uncle David

    Watch out for them thar snow bunnies!

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  5. Uncle David -- are you possibly related to my brothers? Just a little bit? (^_~)

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Should this cake happen?