Mud, Snow, and Hot Cocoa :)

Hello all!  It's been quite a while since my last post.  Here are some of things I've been up to:

1- parking in a silly spot to make room for all the guests at the murder mystery led to this fun situation, lucky our neighbor Victor came to the rescue!

2- I have officially perfected white hot chocolate, and it is my new favorite warm-up treat.  

This is that cute little mug that I got at the Farmer's Market the other day :)

3- Early March I had my first day out exploring in quite a while.  A snowstorm was on the way, and I wanted to get out while I could.  Stumbled upon this place called Dividend Pond Open Space, and had a lovely hike in the sun.

 Straight from there I went to Cotton Hollow Preserve, 

where I found an amazing spot to sit and meditate for a bit--

right in the middle of that flat, sunny rock.

4- Snowstorm hit the next day, and it created the most magical snow-scape I've ever seen.  I couldn't resist taking a walk around and capturing some of the beauty...

I stayed out far longer than planned to because it was just so enchanting.  

I half-expected Mr. Tumnus to step out at any moment...(or Krampus).

 

The next morning everything was covered in a blanket of snow.

 

I noticed this pile of snow in the chair--doesn't it look just like a dumpy little person?

I sent it to my family and my mom was like, "Awww, who made that?"

And I was like, "No one did.  He just appeared."

He looks like he's waiting for breakfast :)

5 - The days since then have been mostly sunny, but cold.  However, with St. Patrick's Day and Easter coming, I wanted the house to look a little "Springy," so I had a diy craft night and made these little wreaths for the doors.

 6- The next day after work I went out for a hike to get some fresh air and exercise, so I went to this heritage trail near Wallingford.  Pretty, but freezing!  Probably the coldest I've been since I moved here, especially when the wind kicked up.

From there I just kind of drove around a bit.  Found this cool little memorial in a cemetery...

and this pretty church...

7- Other than that I've been ping-ponging all over the place--working (a little) on expanding my Nanowrimo novel, planning for future events here at the Bevin House (tea party, anyone?), and I recently found out that one of my best friends is coming for a visit, hooray!!!