A Christmas Card!

I began writing a post a few days before the Christmas holidays came into full swing about "simpler" times... 

It was quite a lengthy dissertation about how busy and stressful this time of the year can be or become if you allow it to consume you!

And guess what ... I let some of those very things take over and I never finished the post!

So I will file my thoughts away for another time... and hope that you all enjoyed your Christmas time with your family and friends as much as we did.

Wishing you all Health and Happiness in 2014!

                           

            

A Monochromatic Walk

A black and white day!

All of the photographs that I took today on my walk through the woods had no colour ... 

Everything was black and white.

Because of the recent heavy snowfalls our walk was not so straight forward, not so "black and white" as all the paths through the forest were hidden and covered by a foot and half of fresh, white fluffy snow.

Nothing in the enchanted forest looked familiar and on occasion we felt lost and like Hansel and Gretel we should have left a trail.

                                

  A splash of bright red as we left the forest.

Baby, It's Cold Outside

The weather has presented many challenges for the walker this week...

It has been freezing cold with the wind chill making it even colder, the streets and sidewalks icier and a bit treacherous for those of us that are not that stable on our feet and of course there is the snow from light flurries to squalls.

I never was much of an ice skater spending most of my time on my rear end on the cold ice floor of the outdoor rink that my Dad would make in our backyard every year ...especially made for my younger brother. In those days 50 plus years ago there were not many indoor arenas.

I still am amazed that my Dad would take him every Saturday morning for hockey practice at 5AM at  the local outdoor ice rink at Silverwoods Park. 

This is where we also went to swim on those hot hazy days of summer.

    

    Hopes of summer... the tire swing.

We would ride our bikes nearly two miles, now when I visit the city I can't even imagine a youngster riding their bikes on the busy streets to enjoy the park activities.

Needless to say, my outdoor activities this past week have been limited.

I did get a good walk in earlier in the week in between the light dandruff snow and then the huge fluffy snowflakes falling down...

And as I finish this post it continues to snow, it hasn't stopped all day, the streets and driveways are filled in with snowdrifts ... 

It is Sunday tomorrow ... will we have a snow day!