White Stuff Falling From the Sky

Courtney woke me up yesterday morning with the news: our little paradise was white with snow. It continued to fall all day--huge huge snowflakes. We celebrated by stringing Christmas lights and hanging decorations. Everywhere we look it's stunningly beautiful outside and so festive inside. I can see the wisdom of little colored lights when the tree have lost their leaves and the sky is greyish white.


Maya dropped Ben off this morning, after a painfully slow trip over here amongst Corvallis drivers cautious in navigating through the snow, and then headed off for a day of Christmas Muzak and tree decorating at work.



We've kept a close eye on the snow all day, fearing it would go away, as weather.com predicted it would. High today was to be 41 degrees, but so far the gods are with us, the temp's still in the 30's and the snow's still on the ground.




Courtney ventured out this afternoon biking over to the pond to check on the mallards and then on the covered bridge to check the water level. Between the loss of foliage on the trees and the patches of snow on the hillside everything looks so different.



So here we are in our winter wonderland. We've slowed down to match the pace of the snow. Tomorrow life will probably be back to normal, but for now it's fun to feel on vacation in our own little home.



Here's hoping the snow will return while Aaron's here for Christmas. Standing out in it yesterday, with the big wet flakes falling all around us, felt like being inside of one of those snow globes from childhood. I want Aaron to experience that. Here's hoping.

Happy Winter,

Valori