This time of year spring is on it's way. Your spirits are lifting, the temperature is rising, the sunshine is getting brighter, and the birds are migrating back, and you can hear them chirping in the morning. After along winter, spring feels like a glorious vacation. However, this is not the case in Minnesota right now. In fact it felt a little more like January than March this week, and it's much colder than usual. I had a chance this week to get some beautiful pictures of a melting lake with a with a flock of snow geese eating and bathing away. The sun was starting to go down and the sky was beautiful, a great moment in nature. I got out of the car and four clicks of the camera later, I was back in the car! I looked at my husband and said " **** THIS, it's too cold"! I figured this week I'll get creative and take some pictures of the small petting zoo I have living in my house but being that I have a persistent husband he had a better idea; to take pictures out in the woods behind our home. If you know me at all, you know that I don't like winter, I'm not too found of being out in the wilderness, nor am I not exactly a country girl! Living in a smaller town with woods in my backyard isn't exactly what I had in mind when I decided to have a family but my husband loves it! We're trying to find ways for me to appreciate it the way he does. So, as the story continues my husband takes me on this journey into the backyard.
God love him for being supportive, but when it comes to being in nature he's a natural. I, myself and not! He's slightly bundled up and he's wearing our bundled up baby on his chest. He's walking around in the snow that is as high a me, no joke, like he is Jesus walking on water. Not falling into deep snow, or finding himself up to his bottom in anything! His legs for days glided through the snow as if there was barley a flake on the ground! Here he is happy as can be with baby!
and here's me......
bottom deep in snow, time and time again! I don't even own appropriate winter clothing as you can see I am wearing pajama pants, underneath are yoga pants, no winter boots just a couple layers of socks, and a pair of rain boots. I am falling into the snow every few steps. As I struggle my Jesus walking on snow husband is still gliding along. While my lower body is frozen; the rest of me is in a sweat trying to get through these woods. I'd been wanting to work out more after having my baby and I got about a month worth on this trip!
These are the photo's I captured from the excursion.
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Here are my current paintings in process. My fingers are crossed I have one done by next week.
Til' next week....
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