Winter!!!

                                          Winter has officially arrived in Southern Alberta!
  Oh, the thrill that runs through you, to wake up in the morning and see the whole earth covered in layers of snow! Then, as you get up, you hear the sound of a crackling fire, (or perhaps the noise of the furnace), and you say, "It's Winter."
  After doing a load of school, it is so fun just to go outside and enjoy the pure whiteness. After you've shoveled for a while you realize that this stuff is actually quite heavy. Once you come inside to a cup of warm tea, you find that you are almost too tired to raise the cup to your lips. Soon your energy comes back however, and you're ready to go back down the stairs to the books awaiting you. As you study, you listen to the warming noise, whether its a crackling fire or a blowing furnace, and you're thankful for a warm place to stay. And you think of the hitchhiker that you picked up just a few days ago, who said he was on his way to Nova Scotia, and you wonder how he kept warm last night. Next you think of the yard and how thankful you are that you cleaned it up just before snowfall. Yes, it's winter.

Samuel. He worked hard, shovelling snow.

Elfrieda enjoyed the snow as well.

I know that these two posts are quite different, the one is a summer post and the next one is a winter post, but, suffice it to say, that school is truly a lot of work. I have been kept quite busy with it, (and many other things) lately. I have decided that I must like to be busy because I am constantly coming up with new projects to keep me busy. Sorry to say, Blogging has not been very high on my list of priorities. I hope to put it higher up there in the future. : )
                          -Yesenia-
P.S. I couldn't download the pictures of our 'official' snow, so I just did the ones of the previous snowfall. Enjoy!
{Problem fixed by restarting computer}

Perfect combination of fall and winter!

Our fall flowers did a very good job of blooming this year.
(Until they were totally bogged down with snow :-))

I like these green leaves with the snow on them.

The birds have really enjoyed our feeder.

If you recognize any of the birds on our pictures, please tell us what their names are. :-)
P.P.S By the time I am posting these pictures. The roads are almost dry and our yard has many bare spots. (Thanks to the Chinook Winds of Southern Alberta)