Lovely Yellow House

This is my brother's new house in Portland, Oregon. Isn't it beautiful?! 

So charming and so much character.

And it is yellow!!

But can you guess what else has me swooning?

That lovely wraparound porch!   Us southern girls do love big ol' porches... and this one is just perfect for reading, thinking, visiting  and, of course, tea sippin'. 

Oh, I can't wait to loll about on this porch with a good book. (and visit with my brother)  

Here is a photo of the house in Portland's snow storm last week:

 Definitely too chilly for porch sittin'! 

My brother emailed this with the title 'Life in a Snowglobe'. It does look like a winter wonderland.

Heehee,  and very funny in a karmic sort of way. Why?  Because my brother lived in Hawaii for years... whenever it was stinking hot or frigidly cold in Oklahoma, he would call and tease us with  perfectly balmy island weather reports. 

So far, Oklahoma is having a very mild winter with lots of 'no jacket' days.  

So in accordance with official big sister code:  Hahahahahahahahahaahaahaha!




Linking to: Weekend Reflections

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Winter Swingtime

Look! Nary a jacket-- in January!!

So far winter here has been temperate-- no snow or ice storms or minus 0 windchills. That is just fine with us.

Well, Talon would like at least one decent snow but he is enjoying all of the out of the ordinary winter parktime and outdoor playtime. 

 

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Lesa Loves... Hawaiian Tea Time!

Nothing better than a cuppa to make a winter day more cozy. And to make it cheerful as well? 

A happy yellow cup. 

And tea from Hawaii. 

Isn't the packaging beautiful?  Takes me away to one of my favorite places on earth. Blue ocean, fragrant flowers, fresh fruit, warm sun, balmy breezes... mmm... okay, okay, I'm back.

My sweet grown up baby brother sent this tea to me.

Love. Love. Love. 

The gift and the giver.

Do certain colors brighten up your dreary winter days?  What happy warm place do you drift off to on a cold winter day? Please share.




Also, linking to Ruby Tuesday 2. The RT button wouldn't work for some reason.

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First Snow of 2011

Oklahoma has been so icy and snowy in recent years. I  like the occasional snowday but I sure hope we catch a break this winter.

The snow is starting out gentle at least.. which is good because I need to ease into it. 

This is what I saw when I opened the door today...

It flurried for a couple of hours but melted.

Nice big fluffy flakes that didn't show up good in the photo but  made for a pretty drive to work. And it was the perfect backdrop as I stopped  at the bank to drop off sacks of Talon's outgrown coats ect for the clothing drive. There are 100 kiddos in this little town needing warm clothes and they need them quick if Old Man Winter has his way!  

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My Final Favorite Winter Macros of 2011

Yes, I have decided that winter is over!  After Mother Nature crammed a whole winter into the previous two weeks, I have put my foot down! No more winter!!  So here are my final favorite macros of winter 2011...

To see my other winter 2011  macros click here.

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Mountains of Dirty Snow



There are mountains of dirty snow piled everywhere in town. Wonder how long it will take to melt?



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More Big Ice and Snow 2011

After the second winter storm last week

a bit of whimsy from Mother Nature

cold birdies

weird designs in the creek-- one frozen and one not

Remember the big  beaver dam-- can't see it or the water now!

Finally a sunny day!

Just Talon's size!  We started the bottom ball near the woods and planned to roll it all the way to the house but only made it about 50 feet-- snow is heavy!

Our hands!

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Big Ice and Snow 2011

Odd that this bit of the creek wasn't frozen-- it was 11 degrees outside!

Along the road

in a knee high drift..

Our snow angels are looking better

This snow is so fine and dry that it will not pack into snowballs.  When tossed, the snow separates into individual flakes and sparkles like fairy dust in the sun.

It feels really weird and dry but super cold in your mouth.  My first bite nearly choked me to death-- I must've inhaled a bit because it hit the back of my throat like a mouthful of pepper powder-- which sounds strange but it was so cold it burned!

this drift is over my boot top

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My Favorite Winter 2011 Macros... So Far

 



Icicle graveyard-- where icicles go to melt.


Please visit Macro Monday for more marvelous macros!

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Second Snow 2011

Scenes from Friday's playing and nature walk. We had to wait till Friday because the windchill had big sharp teeth on Thursday.

A grassy snow angel-- once the temps made it to the mid-30s,  we had to play fast!

bird tracks

Tiiiiimbeeeeer!  Mr. Beaver has been busy!

We found Mr. Beaver's big dam-- much bigger than this small one.

see the broken ice... could it be where Mr. Beaver surfaced?

Talon's snowman!

Lemon balm twig icicles

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