. wordless tuesday .

. foggy afternoon .

. iowa countryside .

. night ice .

. magical frosty day .

. usually when we get frosty trees it's just in the morning for a very short amount of time and if i'm going to get photos i have to get out there and get them before it warms up . yesterday the trees looked this way all day . it was truly amazing .

. breathtaking .

. this tree looked like it was glowing .

. sorry if you're bored with my winter photos...i can't get enough of it .

. wintertime .

. the time of year when it feels good to stay at home a lot, with less guilt . i'm enjoying the slower pace these days .

. it's here .

. the last few days all everyone has talked about is the blizzard coming . after all the talk i really wanted to get on with it . and well, when i woke up this morning it was here . many inches and lots of wind . oh, and cold . i put off going outside until about 10:30 . i'm not a big fan of cold, but then the wind and blowing snow on top of it, brr...on the face !

. but it is so beautiful .

. and this was the first time we have seen the two new dogs play in the snow . i haven't seen greta this excited since we first brought her home after she had been penned up or on a leash her whole life . she kept sticking her head in the snow and leaving it there .

. and chopper's thing was to roll in the snow . we all have our quirks, right ?

. then the games turned into 'pick on chopper' . who, i might add, is not as energetic as he used to be, he spent most of the day sleeping in the barn while the girls ran around playing .

. 'will you tell them to stop!' .

. 'please' .

. 'thanks' .

. bare trees .

. that's what we'll be seeing for the next 4 months or so . not so much looking forward to it .

. although, if you look close they are kind of cool .

. without snow i really don't think the winter months in iowa are any too pretty . that's why i figure if it's cold we might as well have snow .

. cool, windy and gloomy today . don't let it get you down .

. happy monday .

. snow fall .

. or fall snow, however you want to say it . i wasn't really ready for the snow that came on saturday, although it left in a hurry so we're all good now . except it seemed to leave a little cold behind .