Snow and Ice...Kind of Nice??

 

            January has brought us a taste of winter in earnest, and I have mostly been grateful that the challenging day haven’t fallen on days I’ve had to travel for work! Oh, how I do not miss those harrowing commutes I used to make back in the radio days!

            We haven’t had too much snow (yet, anyway) but we’ve had enough that the scenes have been just lovely out the window. Even when the lake is covered in snow, it’s still absolutely beautiful, day and night. I find myself eager for the day to brighten quickly in the mornings so I can see how pretty that view is, in all its frigid glory. And even though the evenings are hanging on a bit longer, the darkness falls over the view all too soon for me.

            For a few days, the lake was frozen thick, and we even saw someone ice fishing across the way one day. Ryan and Lexi have been brave enough to walk out on the lake – and our friends who stayed last week went out on the ice for some of the pictures.

            I’ve stayed on solid ground. Call me a chicken if you want. I really don’t mind.

            Ryan has suited up in his snow gear to shovel snow a few times. Lexi never knows what to think of him when he’s all hidden beneath everything. She recognizes his voice but can’t figure out why she can’t see him. It’s pretty cute to watch.

            He took her sledding last week, and they were so adorable out there, tearing down the hill. She wouldn’t sit in his lap and ride, but she was most eager to run beside him and bury her face in the snow. The Bernese in her LOVES snow and if we’d let her, she would stay out in it all day. (She doesn’t understand that eventually it would just be far too cold for her little paws.) She stayed as long as she could stand it after the sledding, and then she let Ryan carry her home.

            I’m sure we’re not done with snow, even if I’m done with snow. 😊 But it sure has been pretty to see, especially on the sunny days!