Snow

Here are a few pics from winters past.


The pic of my family is a few years old. Our oldest son was out of the house at the time.  The rest of the family could not resist playing in the snow and I couldn't resist taking pictures. Btw, I had to cut this picture in half to make it fit in one of those collage picture frames. 













This is a picture from last year. The snow on our little pine tree looked so pretty. The leaf looks like a heart. 

This picture is from two years ago. These are some pine trees in the front yard. I found a quote by Lady Bird Johnson that expresses how I feel about snow.

              Here's a picture out our kitchen window of Garden Anywhere Box in snow. 

This is a picture of our pond last winter. The water level is a bit low, but the geese don't seem to mind. 

The last pictures are of our pond a few winters ago. 

The pond was not here when we bought our property. It was a boggy spot where blackberries grew and snakes gathered. Yikes! We decided to see if we could turn it into a pond. There were some willow trees in the middle of the field. I asked if we could turn it into an island...and we could. Yay! So, now we have "Willow Island" ...because I like to name things...lol. 

This is a picture from when the pond used to have a constant flow of water and the creek was always full. 

When we dug the pond, we discovered that there was a spot of quicksand over by the woods. That was pretty cool. Our kids had so much fun playing in the red dirt that was excavated to make the pond. We stocked our pond with fish and got to observe the fish building their nests along the bank. Pretty cool for a homeschooling family to get to watch.

If you look closely at the top pic,  you can see geese on the pond. We have a family of Canada geese that come yearly to have babies on the island. Over the years, the family has grown to include many generations of geese. It's pretty cool.

We have had years of fun on our pond. From the year that it froze SOLID and allowed the kids the opportunity to sled across it, to Scout camp outs, fishing and swimming parties, to group gathering for cookouts, to canoe and paddle boat races. We are truly blessed to live here and we know it. You are welcome to come fishing anytime. The catfish are usually biting.