The Love of Winter

I love winter.

Even though it gets cold and things freeze up, and you are never totally prepared - I love winter. I always have at least one car that ends up buried and frozen in place. There is always one thing or another that gets ruined or broken due to the cold.

Last year it was my "Great Stuff" foam insulation. It was buried under some boxes and useless this last spring and summer. I threw them out and secretly cursed the blasted cold.

Things I love about winter
1. Snow driving
2. Sunlight on the white snow
3. Wearing wool
4. 4-wheeling
5. Woodstoves
6 Sledding with the kids
7. My glasses turn gark
8. Watching kitties hop over and through the white stuff
9. Watching ice-fishers
10. My snowplow friend, Alphonse
11. Using a shovel instead of a snowblower
12. Wearing my big black lumberjack winter boots
13. Layering with fleece and down
14. Watching a lake slowly freeze
15. Watching a lake slowly thaw
16. New England snowcovered villages and farms
17. Saturday nights at the Motts
18. Using my propane camplight
19. Having a tank of oil for backup heat
20. Seeing my kids all bundled up in snowpants
21. My Ron Paul for President sign still prominent and visible
22. Talking about cordwood
23. Vacation to Florida (haven't been in a while)
24. March
25. Sugaring season
26. Mud Season
27. Crawling into a warm bed
28. Wool blankets
29. My car heater and defroster
30. Weather reports
31. Bright blue skies
32. No bugs
33. Snow
34. Snow hikes
35. Cutting down dry trees
36. The end of winter

I am sure there is more, but the day is about to begin!