Upon a Winter's Day

Off for a walk upon a winters day. The snow makes a "reet-eet, reet-eet" sound under the feet due to the COLD weather. It sounds uncomfortably like styrofoam.My self-portrait. That's just about as original as it gets with me :-).

Our snow-bound sidewalks. Good thing I had my trusty snow boots on.

I thought this mailbox looked kind of "artsy". If only I could figure out how to get my camera to do black and white.....

Notice the ferocious guard dog. He seemed to be very pleased that he had scared away the little girl who DARED walk past his house....until that same little girl turned around and took his picture!

This new candy store was just to cute. To bad it was closed; they had signs up for *gasp* Chocolate!!! Ahem. Moving on.
This would be the pile of slush where I nearly broke my neck. In front of an oncoming car. No, I wasn't worried about getting run over. My pride on the other hand....

I thought that this scene looked tragically romantic, in a Anne of Green Gabbles-ish sort of way. The still swings, the snow blocked walkways, the absence of children's laughter.....aren't you seeing what I see? ;-)

I call this picture "The Mysterious Stranger". O.K, so it was my sister that I met during my travels, but that doesn't sound nearly as exciting. Of course, she was wearing my hat...and my scarf...and my mittens too, come to think of it. Who could that be but a sister?

So, Caroline and I continued our winters walk together, keeping our distance from the strange creatures called kids walking home from a odd place called school; without their coats, might I add. It couldn't have been more than 10 degrees out! We must be really out of the loop. Apparently it's cool to be cold. Figure that one out.

Our final destination: the local library. There is nothing like a good book on a cold winter's night. Have a lovely evening and keep warm!
posted by Lydia