More fun in the snow!

As promised - here are more photos of Sebastian's first big snow storm... The snow is mostly melted by now, and it's bitter cold outside.  It doesn't seem to bother Seb one bit... He still loves the outdoors, of course.  I'm wondering when we'll get him his first pair of snowshoes or hiking boots! Love, love, love this cutie pie!

Winter wonderland...

All 17 inches of it.  White as white could be.  We were snowed in on December 19th.  My Christmas party for work was cancelled.  We stayed cozy in bed for an extended period of time, had a delicious waffle brunch, lounged around a bit, got some things done around the house and enjoyed a slower pace of life... for just a moment.  I did end up making 3 different batches of soup throughout the day, and our friends Marvin & Dori schlepped over to our house in the crazy weather to have dinner and hang out in the evening.  It was WONDERFUL! I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of snow, but when it causes the above snowball effect (no pun intended), I'm all for it.  It was great... til I drove to work on Monday morning and got stuck in the snow at the end of our back alley.  But that's another story...

Sebastian has always loved the outdoors, and adding snow to the mix didn't seem to change his opinion about being outside.  We plopped him in the middle of some snow, and he was oh. so. HAPPY!  See for yourself!

I'm currently experiencing some technical difficulties, but will add more photos later... I hope!

Snow (or fire?) on the trees

Today we had our second snow storm of the season - not bad, since we're half way thru January! I had a call to respond to at the hospital, and when I got home we tackled the shoveling. It had started to rain, but I thought the brilliant, white snow on the dogwood trees in front of our house looked so pretty with the white lights left over from holiday decorating... I don't like to take down decorations 'til after my birthday :)... so I wanted to take a picture of the lights and the house, but I'm learning that nighttime pictures, especially in the rain, are tough without a tripod. You can see a sampling of my pictures - one looks like there are flames coming out of our trees and one looks like blurry white lights. Nonetheless, it's very pretty and gives me a reason to appreciate snow, even when I grumble as it falls to the ground. I'd never survive in Alaska! and to think... I'm Norwegian!??