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FEBRUARY 24, 2012 11:09AM

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the snow

Snow pictures from Northern Illinois, yes, it is still winter!

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Our view into the woods.

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The crowded drive.

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Into the woods.

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A pretty place to sit.

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White iced branches.

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The edge of the woods.

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Art in fallen trees.

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The snow can be so beautiful here. Enjoy!

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 11:09 AM

Art in fallen trees sounds beautiful. Gorgeous pictures, Sheila.

fernsy

February 24, 2012 11:16 AM

What a beautiful and chilly you have given us this morning, Sheila.

Sarah Cavanaugh

February 24, 2012 11:51 AM

fernsy: There is a lot of serenity in the woods.

Sarah: Yes, it is chilly, I brightened the pictures too, it was so melancholy.

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 12:07 PM

*gorgeous* photographs of beautiful wintery things, Sheila. The shot of your house and drive, minus the cars and plow, looks like a place in the snowy woods from a fairy tale. You must have been *cold* out there, snapping away with your camera in the icy woods. I miss snow. This helped.

femme forte

February 24, 2012 12:07 PM

Candace: It is chilly! The boys are home for quarter break so there are more cars, and two plows and a partridge in a pear tree if you get my drift....busy.

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 12:08 PM

I love the snowplow.. I used to drive one and clean out my neighbours yard.. the kids called me:Mrs. Plow..:)

Linda Seccaspina

February 24, 2012 12:25 PM

Linda: I love that!!! I bet you used to get a lot of snow in Canada! Thanks for visiting!

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 12:32 PM

Boy you must live in Minn. Was just posting to Sarah about the great frosting we got a few weeks ago. These are lovely and sooo white. I love winter too.

cindy Prochnow

February 24, 2012 12:55 PM

Cindy: Thanks for visiting, it is beautiful!!!!

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 01:01 PM

I'll add mine to yours, today.

tg within

February 24, 2012 01:12 PM

These are beautiful pictures. We've seen next to nothing in central Illinois. I've missed it a bit.

jlsathre

February 24, 2012 01:51 PM

Thank you for these lovely photos. I love the look of fairyland.
rated with love

RomanticPoetess

February 24, 2012 01:58 PM

tg: Thanks for the visit! The streets are dry now, but the snow is still everywhere else.

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 02:24 PM

jlsathre: It was like spring here for so many days that it was uncanny, now this. It is beautiful though!

Romantic: It does look that way. I enjoy imagining how this would be with no neighbors and all pristine everywhere!

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 02:26 PM

missing this so thank you! r.

Jonathan Wolfman

February 24, 2012 02:29 PM

Jon: It is beautiful and quiet. Soothing in a way. Good for writing.

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 02:57 PM

Love the photos. I had 40 years of snowy winters before moving down here to Austin, TX, so I remember scraping off the windshield and warming up the car that made each trip an ordeal, and the shoveling of walks and driveways. However, you ALMOST make me miss it, the hush that came with newly fallen snow, the squeak and crunch of tramping through it, the startling clarity of a world rendered in white and black.

ccdarling

February 24, 2012 03:11 PM

CC: I didn't like it much when I worked downtown and had to walk in it. I hate ice. The thing is it is beautiful, especially in the country, from your own backyard ....so nice!

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 03:24 PM

I miss Wisconsin, Sheila. Thanks for making me homesick.

Matt Paust

February 24, 2012 03:50 PM

How beautiful and wish I were there!

Razzle Dazzle

February 24, 2012 04:09 PM

Matt: Thanks for visiting! Visit the snow anytime!!!

Razzle: Thank you for visiting! It can be very wonderful!

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 04:28 PM

It is picture book beautiful, Sheila. R

Thoth

February 24, 2012 04:33 PM

Thoth: Thanks for visiting! I think it is rather fairy tale! The snow makes hides all the spring work to come!

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 04:36 PM

Wow, you have an idyllic view from your home in the woods, don't you? These are beautiful.

Lezlie

L in the Southeast

February 24, 2012 04:52 PM

L: Thanks, in its own way it is a kind of paradise.

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 05:10 PM

Beautiful, but I'm glad it is there and not here. Yesterday was 68 degrees in the mid atlantic.

Brown Eyed Girl

February 24, 2012 06:52 PM

Brown Eyed Girl: That is fabulous! Maybe spring will really be coming here soon! I am wondering if there will be more snow here. It has been known to snow in March and even April.....yikes!

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 06:56 PM

Pretty.

We're getting snowin' and blowin' right now. Maybe I can get some shots in the a.m.

just phyllis

February 24, 2012 07:19 PM

Phyllis: That would be great to see! Take some pictures!

SheilaTGTG55

February 24, 2012 07:25 PM

So lovely. We've only had a few such days of beauty here in the supposed Great White North of Minnesota.

Mary Stanik

February 25, 2012 09:03 AM

Mary: Thanks for the visit!

SheilaTGTG55

February 25, 2012 10:24 AM

Beautiful, magical photos, Sheila. I'm in Los Angeles visiting my Dad and it's sunny and in the 70s. Not sure I will able to adapt to winter once I return to NY tomorrow.

Erica K

February 25, 2012 11:10 AM

Erica: Have a safe trip back to NY! Hope the weather cooperates!

SheilaTGTG55

February 25, 2012 11:28 AM

you guys melting yet? It's settled into crunchy here :p

hyblaean- Julie

February 25, 2012 11:32 AM

Julie: Melted on the streets, but still everywhere else! It is about 28 degrees out. I am still wandering around in the house....not been out yet, but the guys are all out since about 9 am. It is sunny though!

SheilaTGTG55

February 25, 2012 11:44 AM

I can enjoy these pictures! But only because we have fled Massachusetts this last month for California. Snow IS beautiful...when you don't have to dig your car out of three feet of it.

LuminousMuse

February 26, 2012 12:40 PM

Luminous: Yes! I am escaping too to Florida just for a bit.

SheilaTGTG55

February 26, 2012 12:42 PM

Sorry for the late visit. Not because I escaped anywhere, but I am stuck in snow and high winds AND haven't heard from you for a while. I hope you're in Florida now enjoying some warm and sun.
R♥
Lovely photos, though.