Oh the first snowfall of the winter What a joy for a boy to behold

More than frost on the pumpkin

somebody enjoyed his walk to preschool this a.m. (note to self: leave 10 minutes early on snowy days to allow for dawdling)

Snow covered playground at school.Of course,I didn't think to send him to school w/ snowpants

one of my fave local churches (architecturally & spiritually).It always seems prettier surrounded by snow

Just a little shout out to our local punk band The Berettas.

[blog title from "First Snowfall" by The Carpenters ]

“…And near at hand the waves would run Across the pond with rounded brim. “

Wordless Wednesday

A old picture from our ex-house. I miss living in the country

[blog title from: William Barnes (1801-1886).
“Round Things”
from Poems of Rural Life in Common English (1868)]

A fairy ring as round’s the sun,
Beside the lea would bend its rim,
And near at hand the waves would run
Across the pond with rounded brim.
And there, by round-built ricks of hay,
By sun-heat burnt, by sunshine brown’d,
We met in merry ring, to play,
All springing on, and wheeling round.

all the leaves are brown and the sky is grey I’ve been for a walk on a winter’s day

Wordless Wednesday

[blog title from "California Dreaming" by The Mamas and The Papas]

I was following the pack all swallowed in their coats

I’m in the middle of a snowcopalypse right now but it’s all good. We wandered out this morning just as the snow started to fall and hit up the library for a stack of movies , as well as dropped by the post office to pick up the latest Netflix. Got milk at the store and grabbed a bag of M & Ms to bake cookies with. The snow was falling rapidly and it took me an hour and an half to run all these errands within a two block (small hick town blocks as opposed to big city blocks) radius.

The three year old did that lovely thing where he sits down in the center of the street at the crosswalk because he has decided that we didn’t cross it correctly the first time and he’d like to go back to the corner and start all over again ( can a 3 year old have OCD? ) . Yes, this is not a good thing to do when there is a snowplow coming down the sidestreet and cars crawling at .2 mph in hazardous, blizzarding conditions. I just LOVE the way it looks when I grab my preschooler by the arm and drag him across the street like he’s a newly felled pine I’m taking home to string with lights and put presents under.

I’m hoping the hubby comes home from work early before they close all the roads. That will suck big fat hairy donkey balls if he’s stuck at work.

[title from"White Winter Hymnal", Fleet Foxes]

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CURRENT MEDIA

A Man Called Horse

A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg

“White Winter Hymnal” ,Fleet Foxes

“Heartless” video, Kanye West -song: eh Video: awesome

MC Lars, “I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas”

BOB Wars!