We’ve all heard how important it is to eat a diet high in roughage. Likewise, “roughaging” (spending time outdoors) is essential to our mental health. Even if it’s a settee on the porch, we need it, gotta have it. I aim to be the reason you pulled your bedding out the back door last night.
A quick glance at my local forecast, and I’m assured that we’ll have no shortage of snow this winter or this week for that matter. Winter has arrived here in Idaho!
It’s inevitable—with all of the “outdoorsy” activities around the farm closing down for the season, we have a tendency to fold inward around here, hunker down, and gather around fires with cups of warmth in hand. There’s certainly no shame in getting cozy (I’m still in my jammies as I write this), but I also love to look for excuses to get out there into the wild, white world beyond my window.
One of the best excuses I can think of involves collecting a big ol’ pot of the white stuff. Yep, harvesting snow! It is an abundant crop these days.
But, why?
Terry Steinmetz says: Looks good–bringing back many memories of our garden this year–just used the last of the broccoli last night–time to plan next year’s garden!
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When an artist is staring at a blank piece of paper, her mentor might walk up to her and say, What is that, a polar bear in a snow storm?’ Well in this case, pretty much!
My Great Pyrenees guard dog, Periwinkle, finally fitting in.
Phyllis says: In our part of Montana, it is white too. Smells so sweet and clean.
Laurie Dimino says: Wow- White covering the ground already? Here on Long Island we are still enjoying some “warm” fall days, although it drops below freezing at nightfall. We luckily escaped the “freak” early snowstorm last weekend that has wreaked (spelling?) on much of New England. Sure does look pretty in your picture though!
Lisa says: Substitute corn stubble fields with an occasional clump of trees in this picture and it could have been my landscape in eastern SD with our late Great Pyrenees, Thor, standing there. He was a massive 150#! Love the breed, but trying to keep him free from cockleburrs was a nightmare.
MaryJane says: Yup, constant grooming but at least no cockleburrs here. Both of mine weigh around 100 so I can imagine 150! BIG.
I have three Great Pry’s and it is -27 degrees today and they are laying out on the snow catching a few z’s from working the whole night protecting their charges. I love my Pry’s and would never have another breed – they are my heart…
MaryJane says: Are they not the best-mannered, sweetest doggies on earth?
Myrna Franklin says: I love this photo. Reminds me of my honeymoon 51 years ago, my wonderful husband threw a full
mattress in the back of our pickup truck. The pickup had a homemade canopy on back and a lot of
JUST MARRIED, and other special wishes painted all over it, and off we went. We now have a beautiful bed in our bedroom, just like the one in your photo.
MaryJane says: What a sweet catch he was 51 years ago. Congratulations!
At 6 a.m. this morning, I showed up for my weekly phone call/meeting with my magazine publisher. In Connecticut they’ve been without electricity since last weekend’s freak snowstorm that dropped 18 inches on their fully leafed trees. (His summer home in New Hampshire got 35 inches!!!) Once dawn arrived here, I was surprised to see our fully leafed trees covered in snow also. Winter doth comest early this year. Are you ready?
How joyful it is to wake up to the first snow day!
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I haven’t thought of snow ice cream in a while, but it really brings back memories from the ’60s when I was a child! We used to mix in pure maple syrup. I can’t wait for the next fresh snow fall now! Thanks MaryJane, for bringing back a lovely memory =)
Annika
Are you staying warm, Annika?
Such a blustery day in Moscow! I’m running behind winterizing the windows and sky light, but other wise I’m quite cozy. Days like this make you glad for hot mulled cider, don’t they?
=)
Annika
I was just writing about hot cider! Now I really need some.