ordinary winter days...

the winter holidays are over...

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we're left with ordinary winter days.

winter days of

sun and snow,

wind and cold.

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i savor ordinary days of any kind.

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ordinary winter days

mean

baking bread and tasty treats,

making thick soups and hearty casseroles,

stitching in front of the fireplace,

watching the snow fall outside

while i'm cozy and warm inside...
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ordinary winter days really aren't so ordinary.
they each have something extraordinary to offer.
we need only to find what that is...

knowing what makes our ordinary days
extraordinary days

makes all of our days brighter...

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make it an extraordinary ordinary winter day!

peggy

sunshine and shadows...

the sun shone and the snow sparkled today...

it was a beautiful winter's day.

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the sun shone
and created shadows everywhere...
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you couldn't help but see them,

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no matter where you looked.

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all the little animals...

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were out and about,

enjoying the sunshine

and the beautiful winter's day.
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none of these tracks were made by

punxsutawney phil.

but like phil,

all the little animals

saw their shadow!
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six more weeks of winter...

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we, in south dakota,

can't count on

phil's prediction.

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we know...

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that we will have many more

than six weeks of winter!

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we can only hope

that all the winter's days to come

will be like the day we had today!

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punxsutawney phil

couldn't be here today

to enjoy the sunshine,

make tracks in the snow,

or to give his prediction...

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but i had someone who could...

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prairie dog nell!

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(you'll meet her soon in an upcoming post

when she turns 2!)

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make it a great day!

peggy

love that color...

the sun is streaming thru the windows today.

the sun warms your heart.

it helps to brighten this cold january day.

sunshine can do that!

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sunshine and color do that for me!

i love color

and i love winter.

i love the white glistening snow,

the stark, bare landscape...

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but i need color too!

i've decorated our home for valentine's day

so now i have the color i need!

red and pink!

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hope you're surrounded by sunshine and the colors you love!

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make it a great day!

peggy

a new color...

this is the color of my world today...

white with shades of gray.

not much for color,
and i so loooove color!
don't get me wrong...
i'm home today because all of the wonderful white in my world.
and for that i am grateful.

it's just that i need a little pop of color
in my otherwise wintery white world.

and here it is...

red!

my favorite color!

red valentine hearts!

check out my etsy!

there will be more red and pink and valentine's day pretties

to come!

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make it a great day!

peggy

another winter's day...

it's another wintery day today...
snowy, windy, and cold.
another good day to be inside!

only snowmen could smile outside today!

i'm enjoying our fireplace today,
on this cold wintery day.
i always love our fireplace.
i'm enjoying it more than ever these days
because i got this greaaaaat candle
from bath and body works.
it's called "fireside."
so, added to the warmth and coziness of the fireplace,
with this candle, i get the smell of burning wood.
it doesn't get better than this!


hoping you're warm and cozy...


make it a great day!
peggy

frosty thoughts of spring...

it really will be spring again one day!

i'm sooo sure of it...

these seeds are the promise of spring!

these morning glory seeds will soon enough
be the bright fuscia flowers
i see summer mornings.

this little bird will be lost among
grape hyacinths, daffodils, and iris.
later, it will be lost in purple coneflowers, black-eyed susans,
tall golden yarrow,
and more...

this birdhouse will be home
to another family
of swallows.

this rake will be the backdrop
to a beautiful snowball bush.


this garden gate will have
bittersweet climbing all over it!

today it's frosty and winter but soon enough....
soon enough it will be spring!

foggy frosty morning...

this was my greeting

as i headed out for my walk with morning...

fog and frost,

thick, white fog and frost.

very beautiful...

still and quiet...

peaceful...

and now i am back in our home...
refreshed and
ready for the day!

sundog's prediction..

the sundog was rite!

it is cold...

icy, bitterly cold!

-15 cold!

cold, cold, cold!

another day to be inside...

to

be warm and cozy,

drink some espresso-laced hot chocolate,

bake chocolate cobbler,

craft a snowman or 2,

and

love winter!

snowflakes...day 2...

another day of snowflakes!

these aren't the pretty kind we had yesterday.

these are the kind that you can see blow across the prairie,

hear blow across the prairie,

the kind that make it so bitterly cold outside,

and the kind that make it especially sweet to be inside.

the sun is shining thru the bitterly cold, blowing snow.

the ring around the sun is a sundog.
the sundog forecasts cold weather.
i'm forecasting the same...

snowflakes...

my home is decorated with snowflakes on the inside...

and the outside!


it has been snowing all morning and shows no signs of stopping!

i'm not complaining! i love snow, and today,

because of the snow,

i get to be home,

cozy and warm,

all day!

i'm a happy girl...

blooming...

i love snow and i love winter!

and altho i love them, i also love to see flowers blooming!

thank goodness for my violet!

my little pink violet is truly the sunshine in my winter world!

isn't she beautiful?

hope you're having a beautiful day filled with sunshine of some kind!

snowy and cold...

the snow and the cold are here to stay. and that's ok by me! i'm looking forward to a long winter!

i am sooo ready to hibernate in our home and enjoy the snow and the cold from the inside where it's all warm and cozy!

i hope to slow down and relax some during my hibernation but i also hope to get busy and work on some projects around the house and to stitch and sew some crafts! fun, fun, fun! so bring on the snow and the cold...