Saturday, February 5, 2011

Winter exploration

Sleet, freezing rain, snow, winds...we went out to explore what nature has created...and destroyed.

our ice covered landscape


 snow drifts are always interesting to see


trees are budding...isn't it too early?


 finding tracks in the snow


doing a penguin belly slide


relaxing and soaking in the beauty of the season


improvised game of hockey
they found sticks from downed limbs,
cut them to their desired length,
used ice blocks as pucks, slid around on the ice.
(I'm in two of the photos, too...do you see me?)

they are so creative


We saw a red squirrel come out of here!


 saw a lot of limbs down...
we added some to their stick shelter (not pictured)


this was NOT fun to clean off
the tires were stuck in the layer of
ground ice!