Sunday's Snowy Day Fun!

I put together the moss terrarium the husband got me for Christmas! It was pretty simple to put together, now if I can keep it alive! I want to get tiny adorable things to put in, like these plastic deer Michael's had over the holidays. I hope to find them again. I also want more terrariums, I'm asking for a book for Christmas!

We got over a foot of snow (and the roads have been just horrendous since Saturday), I got to go for a REAL snowshoe trek! Ugh it was awesome and my heart hurt with the workout only 20 minutes in. Maybe I should go for a walk right now! 

This picture is on a two foot mound by a road, so much float!

The wondrously snowy residential area I walked around in my snowshoes. How I long to be closer to some wooded paths or have a car to take me to the one just a mile away. I would walk but I'm to out of shape to get there in the snow and then snowshoe.

Husband building a camera! I got him a kit for Chrismtas (konstructor), an SLR 35mm camera. Of course I bought film for it, too. But, he hasn't used the camera yet. I think he's waiting for a special time to start using it. It took about 2 hours, I'm so impressed!

All built! And decorated, it came with an array of faux-leather stickers.

I'm not sure what it's called, but it's the type of camera where you look down at a view finder to see the image you take a picture of. Like the antique camera necklace piece my brother got me for Christmas!

Husband called in yesterday for a personal day so he wouldn't have to drive on roads with a foot of snow on them. He had to go in today, though, and things aren't better! The roads are completely covered in ice. Not the only thing, either. Our pipes are frozen! The kitchen trickles cold, the bathroom sink is hot, and we've got nothing for the toilet or shower! I've been trickling water from the kitchen and bathroom sink in all sorts of vases and pitchers to fill the toilet's tank. Husband will buy gallons of water on his way home. Hope the pipes thaw soon! Don't want to go long like this. At least we have power, heat, and the ability to cook!

A Walk

A decade ago my dad took me on a walk in some woods where we came upon what seemed to be endless wooden stairs. Just sitting in the middle of the woods, leading up, up, up!

I tried to find them a few times since, with no luck. Well today, I was in the mood to forage, strange, right? I think my peculiar girl stories are inspiring me, I wanted to find cool leaves and flowers to press, or feathers, maybe a bone? Well, I didn't really find anything, I'm new to it!

I was determined to find the stairs. And after 45 minutes of aimless wondering (I'm not kidding, I backtracked a dozen times and tried another route), I found the stairs! After the first half, I was out of breath.

This is the first half after I climbed it. I huffed up the second half after!

It was about 4pm and beautiful. Most of the trees were golden, the sun was poking through, and everything was lit up, and glowing! I was so happy to find this place again. I debated weather to continue walking one of the paths at the top of the stairs, as it would start to get a little dark soon and I wasn't a 100% sure on knowing my way back. I decided to choose a more set path, thinking I would remember it, and see where it led.

Beautiful view from the top.

Fifty feet from the stairs I came upon a park! I was totally surprised. I think I even exclaimed "What the hell?" out loud. There were a few playgrounds for kids, and this stone building, which was called The Stone Shelter Building... interesting! Bathrooms and picnic tables? 

There were 8 cop cars in the parking lot of the park, I didn't really want to hang around, alone in the park with a group of police, looking lost and suspicion, muttering "what the hell, where am I?". So I took a few quick pictures of the stone building, and discovered ANOTHER set of wooden stairs on the opposite side of the building! I was torn. I wanted to take the second set down and see where it led, and find my way. But it was getting late and cold and I don't really want to get lost. Maybe another time, in the morning. I went back the way I came. As it turned out, I was way better and remembering the route I took. I got back to my car  in 30 minutes.

It was a great walk. I'm going to go with my Dad again next week, he had forgotten about it and is excited to return. I can't wait to walk through the woods in the winter with my snow shoes.