A Wintry Gift

Before I say anything,
I just wanted to thank all of you for leaving such kind comments every week.
I read each one,
try to reply to each one,
and treasure each one. ♥
A special welcome and warm hug to all my new friends who are following Heaven's Walk, too!

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Quite a few of you asked to see more photos of the property here at Heaven's Walk...especially in the snow.

I think most of the requests came from you lucky birds living in warm, sunny climates. :)

We've been having such a mild winter so far, I wasn't sure when that would be.

But we just had our third big snowfall of the season the other day.

Six inches of the white fluffy stuff fell softly and quietly overnight 

to dress houses, trees, and fields in a layer of

pure white.

So, after Hubby and I finished plowing and shoveling our driveway and the neighbor's driveway that morning,

I took a walk with my camera.

Consider this a wintry gift from Heaven's Walk. 

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Our view across the road where deer peek out from the brush.

View from the neighbor's.

Yes, I'm standing in the middle of the road at 9am...

Standing in the side yard.

The arbor is wrapped in burlap to protect my 'Zephirine Drouhin' climbing roses, 

and a piece of plastic covers the vintage cement birdbath purchased at the antique market this summer.  I'm looking forward to planting 'Walker's Low' catmint around it in the spring.

The pond is bubbling merrily away.

It was the only sound outside this morning beside the chugging of Hubby's vintage tractor
and the clinking of the chains on the old tires.

Hubby was just finishing up plowing.  This kind-hearted man actually plows a path for the visiting deer who traverse through Apple Meadow behind our barn and pass through our property.
They actually showed up on the path right after we closed up the barn 

to devour the corn Hubby spreads out for them.

This is the view up the path into our woods.  

It's "party central" for the deer, turkeys, and fox.

I turned and looked down into Apple Meadow where the apple and cherry trees grow.
The deer love to bed down here because they feel so safe.

It's a sanctuary of peace and quiet for them.

I turned again to look back toward Heaven's Walk  ~

framed by the old mulberry tree
that creaks and groans in the winter winds.

Making my way back toward the house,

the deep red of the barn stood out in sharp contrast against the white world around me.

The sturdy old building was built even before our house was -

way back in the mid-1800's.

Once I made it to the barn, I turned around and looked back toward Apple Meadow.

When I reached the house,

I could see Maizie watching me from the window.

I opened the door and called to her to come outside and play.

She came skidding around the corner into the kitchen

nearly wiping out on the tile floor.

My little girl loves the snow!

Have you ever seen a happier face....?

{Almost reminds me of that commercial with the little pig on the zip line
that goes flying by with an ecstatic look on his face yelling,
"Weeeeeeee! Pure.....adrenaline!"}

I think this little bathing beauty was pretty happy, too...
in a quiet sort of way.

You know....

as I was creating this post, I kept looking back over the photos I took. 

My heart overflowed with the love I have for this old farmhouse,
my Hubby, and my furbabies... 

and I realized 

how very, very 

blessed 

I really am...

[ Warm Blessings ]

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