Progress and Perspective, part 8

January 3, 2009:

January 1, 2010:

Snowy Snow Snow

I love today's puffy light snow.  When I brushed my car off this morning it was like fake Hollywood snow or shredded styrofoam.  Easy and beautiful.  Later in the winter we'll get packed down dirty snow, but for now, it's all picture-worthy. 

The Husband was eloquent about the frosting on the logs today...    it's the kind of snow that makes even Bob the Log Builder uncharacteristically loquacious. 

Looking out on a snowy world

This is Bob looking out at snowy pines in December 2008:

And this is the same view in January 2010:

While the former had a sort of pure aesthetic beauty to it....    the latter is definitely warmer!

Winter House

Someday it'll be a lot easier to visit the in-laws.  Today we drove 9 miles out of town to The Lake.  Soon, we'll walk across the driveway.  Okay, and down a little bit.  But the point is, that today's day full of sledding (sliding for you native NY-ers), snowball fights and games of Clue by the wood stove will be old hat soon.  Just a 'I'll be down at Grandma's!' sort of casual comfort.    I love it.

Here are some pics from New Year's Day of our 'almost getting there' log house.   Temp was about 30 F and the snow was clumpy on all the boughs.  Still and quiet.  Ahhhhh......

School Vacation, part 2

What does a school-aged child WANT to do on vacation?

Play GameBoy. 

(Incidentally, isn't it amusing that our son likes to hang out and be slothful in the Ab Lounge at his grandparents' house?)

School Vacation

What do you do with a school-aged child during vacation?  Put him to work building your house, of course!

Go, Little G, go!