What fun we had today! Haven’t heard Elihu giggle and laugh like that in ages. And the best packing snow I remember in a long time… yay! Here’s a mini album of our afternoon outdoors. (The way I’m making such a big deal about it you’d think we don’t play outdoors much. Yes, sadly, that’s actually true. !) I’ve included a few extra shots in order to give folks a more complete vision of our property. In an unintentional nod to ‘Where’s Waldo?’ our goose Maximus makes a cameo in more than a few shots.

the view of the sledding hill from our piano

a closer look

Elihu, fittingly, is using a goose quill in place of a plastic stylus with his DS

the sledding hill is just beyond the pine trees to the SE

here’s our grand Beech tree

and here’s the king of the hill

and who’s this?

he can’t be all bad, he’s wearing red sunglasses and an aviator’s cap

smiley fellow

the run has been made, now to enjoy

movin now

picking up speed

and it’s a fine finish just shy of the pricker bushes!

it’s a long, long walk back up

the most enjoyable exercise I’ve had in years

going in now

coming around the South side of the house

beech tree to left

around the corner now on the West side of the house

on the front porch (facing North now), eating snow

the view from the kitchen window, our tiny bridge visible at the far left.

We love our little corner of Greenfield. And it’s just so pretty in the snow.