for solstice: snow, glorious snow

what glorious fun, to get dumped on.  we really got a good heaping of snow, and we had a blast with it.  it's a bit surreal, days later, to still see these piles of white stuff obstructing paths & parking spots, and turned into sculpture, all around the neighborhood.  i think that's what i like the most, the temporary transformation of our surroundings.  it was so beautiful, snowing non-stop for almost two full days; and you just stay inside, mostly, and watch it fall.   it inspires awe & stillness. we had tea and hot chocolate, baked & ate special treats, sat by the fire, and made paper snowflakes.  to honor solstice and the spirit of renewal, we did some cleaning & began a decor overhaul - clearing the tops of shelves and the mantle and arranging our treasures and trinkets again, and changing up the wall art (especially because we just got our beautiful new canvases!).

then when the snows stops coming down, it calls for our action, in one way or another, whether it's work or silliness.  on sunday we shoveled, alot, so atom could venture out for his mandatory midst-of-snowstorm-excursion.  then, we got out with the kids on monday and played, running around, having snowball fights, making snow angels and a family of snow people.