It's been a long, long, coooooold winter. But before the last big blast of unrelenting cold, we had a break, one beautiful day not only above freezing, but NICE. Sunshiny and warm. Springlike! So nice that Sugarwings and I stepped outside to take a peek at the sunshine and never went back in the house. We were still wearing jammies and didn't even care.
We decided to explore the back part of our land, we have about 10 acres, but only use about a third of it. The rest is hard to get to. requiring us to cross a couple of creeks and I don't like battling the weeds and underbrush during the summer growing season. In the winter, the brush has all died back and it's possible to walk through the woods without getting all tangled up but it's usually too cold for me to want to check it out.
But on this warm, winter day we could also walk right across the frozen creeks. It was an odd feeling to be outside on a day toasty enough to not need a jacket, but still walking on solid ice.
In the first photo, you can see the log that makes the bridge over the creek, which is how we usually cross. I'm not a fan of it, so was glad to slip and slide across the ice instead of dangling over the water on that log. As a person with no sense of balance at all, walking on ice isn't easy, but it's easier than clinging to that dead tree and scooting along it an inch at a time.
Sugarwings found lots of club houses out there. Here is a ring of trees on a hill that we are sure that the fairies planted just for us to play in.
Now that we have a John Deere Gator, my husband has major plans to drive across the creek, harvest firewood to bring back, and also clear some trails. I hope that we'll be spending more time back there as the seasons turn, now that we will have better access.
I love that we "reclaimed" part of our land to create our Fairy Berry Trail. Especially as the girls get older. They will enjoy exploring out there.
It would feel good to have use of the whole property. Sometimes there have been years when we haven't even crossed the creek to visit our own land.
The winner of a copy of Where Women Create is
Please send me your address, Pallas, and I'll get it out in the mail. Thank you to everyone for taking the time to enter. I enjoyed your comments.
Wow – 10 acres, that’s awesome! Love that Gator vehicle too.
Enjoy the rest of your week!
Leann
What a great place to wander in! Aren’t those warm days that we have wonderful. I hear that this weekend the Indy area is getting snow. Like maybe a bunch…We live north of Indy, half way to Lafayette, and sometimes we get weather like Indy gets and sometimes we get weather like Lafayette. I thin I’ll be doin some craftin this weekend.
My sisters in Indy have had a rough year. Its not been great here, but not like you guys! keep warm.
Exploring the back property sounds like fun, and the “fairy planted” ring of trees looks like a perfect spot for day dreaming.
Thank you for selecting my name to win your drawing. I’m looking forward to receiving the magazine, and I sent my address to you in an email.
Pallas
The winner of the magazine, will certainly enjoy it! I just finished reading my copy cover to cover and as always, I found some sort of inspiration from each and every person featured. However, I made myself read it in order, and not jump ahead right to your section. I so enjoy your posts. I feel as if I’ve been in your studio dozens of times. Keep up the awesome work!
Thank you, Annie! I havent had a chance to read the whole magazine yet, I am kind of saving it to read through in order too, although I have drooled over all the photos!
I’m glad that you and Sugarwings took advantage of that nice day and did some exploring. We are having one of those nice days today–expected high of about 80 degrees! Tomorrow, too! Then Sunday night we will be brought back to the chilling reality that it is still winter when our overnight temps drop into the 20’s.
Speaking of exploring, I still need to do more of that in the beautiful “Where Women Create” magazine you are featured in!
What a wonderful place to have fairy adventures! When two of our grands lived in Alaska with their parents, they had lots of acreage and woods around their house. They had to watch out for wildlife(cougars and bear) but right around their house was a creek and lots of fairy places in the trees. The girls took us out to play one day and we frolicked and dined with all the fairies that lived there….we loved it.