Snowfalls lead to magical forests and beautiful walks

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For the last week, I’ve been blessed with a winter wonderland and what seemed like non-stop snow falls for days! Now if you don’t know this already, let me tell you… I looooove snow! It makes me feel like a little kid from the moment I see my first snowflake in the very first snow fall. When I was younger, I’d open my window and just watch the snow fall until my fingertips got too cold to keep the window open. I’d make full use of snow days by building snowmen and igloos, admiring snowflakes’ intricate designs and I’d even pretend I was a wolf in the snow (did anyone else do this?). I haven’t had a proper snow like this for years so I made sure to be out in it as much as possible this time around… I don’t know when I’ll get another snowy season like this again, gotta make the most of it! I took long forest walks, admiring every twist and turn and the absolute beauty the snow bestowed onto the canopies and sprinkled down onto the ground below. I felt like Lucy in Narnia! There’s just something so magical about snow.
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I hope your 2015 has started off wonderfully and that it will be full of so much love, peace & joy!

Comments

Jeannie MacArthur
5 January 2015 - 5:40 am

Oh, I too love the snow. I loved it when my sons had snow days from school. We all were on immediate holiday mode. Ahhh.

Here’s a poem by David Kuhrt: “Snowflakes”

Snowflakes,
white as frozen light
where darkness dies,
and heaven lies
incarnate on the ground.

Savor the quiet, the cool on your face, the textures of the surface, the crunch, the ability to pack the snow into different shapes, lick some snow off a branch of a fir tree…..thanks for the images……

Warmly,
Jeannie

Helen
5 January 2015 - 6:33 am

Oh, it looks so beautiful! Happy New Year!

Eva
5 January 2015 - 4:52 pm

Jeannie – Snow is so full of happy memories πŸ™‚ thank you for sharing the poem!

Helen – Happy New Year! πŸ™‚

Greenderella
5 January 2015 - 6:04 pm

Such beautiful pictures! The 7th picture looks like the entrance of a secret path – love it! Pretending to be a wolf in the snow would have been so fun, why didn’t I think of that back then!! πŸ˜€

Eva
6 January 2015 - 1:34 pm

Greenderella – Yes, it almost felt like it! That’s my favorite πŸ™‚

Laloofah
6 January 2015 - 6:45 pm

Happy New Year, Eva! What magical photos! I’m a big fan of snow too (and winter). I love how it makes everything look so soft and muted, and how it muffles sound and makes everything so still and quiet. Your beautiful pictures really evoke that hard-to-find stillness, peace, and solitude. This series is like a tranquil meditation – just lovely! (Btw, who is that tiny speck of a person in the last photo?)

Eva
7 January 2015 - 12:54 am

Laloofah – Happy New Year! πŸ™‚ I’m so glad you enjoyed my pictures and that you were able to feel a little bit of what I did on my walks. You noticed! That speck is my brother (I think, at that point, he was just ready to be in the warmth at home, haha).

Ola
7 January 2015 - 3:42 pm

My God, it looks like a looooooot of snow:)
I like snow but only
1) on Christmas
2) after Chritsmas but outside the city
3) not longer than until let’s say end of February
hahaha

Eva
7 January 2015 - 4:44 pm

Ola – It was still not enough for me πŸ˜› very true… the snow seems to stay nice here the whole time since I’m so near the woods. Thank you for stopping by and commenting! πŸ™‚

Hanh
7 January 2015 - 4:50 pm

This photos are beautiful, they totally remind me of Lucy in Narnia too πŸ™‚

Elisa
7 January 2015 - 5:55 pm

It was a lot of snow, wasn’t it? I didn’t have snow boots so I didn’t get a chance to talk a walk in the forest while it was all white and lovely, but I will be correcting that so next time down’t catch me unawares!
Lovely photos, Eva!

Chelsea
8 January 2015 - 1:53 pm

Oh it looks so beautiful!! I’m crossing my fingers hoping for snow this winter, sadly it’s just really cold with nothing to show for itself! Enjoy it!!

http://www.hollandsreverie.blogspot.com

inesRdP
8 January 2015 - 3:34 pm

hello sweetie πŸ™‚
nice post!, great pics so inspiring . . .
love design of your blog … like everything!
Tell me how about follow each other?
Let me know please, I always follow back πŸ™‚
Have an inspiring day :**
keep in touch

xoxo
http://www.thegrisgirl.blogspot.com.es

Eva
9 January 2015 - 12:59 pm

Hanh – Thank you so much! πŸ™‚

Elisa – Thank you! I was able to use some hiking boots that never soaked through, but somehow still managed to have wet socks, haha! The snow would collect in my pant legs!

Chelsea – Thank you πŸ™‚ I hope you get some soon!

Wild Hearts + Green Tea
11 January 2015 - 8:23 am

Oh, how I love snow, too! I’m crazy about the winter wonderland time of the year and am so bummed I haven’t gotten much snow this year. This looks amazing, thanks a lot for sharing the pictures πŸ™‚ Dreaming away now…

Eva
11 January 2015 - 5:22 pm

Wild Hearts + Green Tea – Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment πŸ™‚ I hope you get some snow… there’s still time!

Gloria
12 January 2015 - 5:18 pm

What a winter wonderland!! Snow in New York City is beautiful only for a short while until everyone tramples all over it πŸ™‚ Hope your year is off to a great start!

inesRdP
14 January 2015 - 10:19 am

I love snoooow <33333333
amazing!!
have a great day hun πŸ™‚
xoxo

Christina
25 January 2015 - 1:50 am

This photography is BEAUTIFUL! I truly enjoyed this post.

Christina
http://www.cityloveee.blogspot.com

mina
30 January 2015 - 7:22 pm

Thanks for your sweet comment, Eva!

I can’t say I miss the cold but these photos are definitely making me feel nostalgic for snow.

Amanda
5 February 2015 - 4:41 am

makes me miss Switzerland! Seriously — magical photos!





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