an ode to snooooo

i can hardly believe that THIS is my backyard.

i heart the oddness of february in dallas. sometimes it's 70 degrees and we get an early spring. sometimes it's cold till march. this year, a foot of snow fell in the area. my yard received about 10 inches but i'm not complaining. ;)

that day at work, there were numerous snowball fights and snowmen in the courtyard! my school closed at 3pm (my classes begin at 5:30), preventing me from taking a test and turning in homework that wasn't yet completed! ! it was so splendid! definitely a highlight of my year.

i giddily drove home that day and made the soup i've been obsessed with from panera bread (cream of chicken and wild rice, heehee ) and started up the breadmaker. and then i went into the backyard late at night. to play.


what is it about snow? white and cold and sparkily. and pretty. and sparkily. i'm all about sparkles.


the way it blankets everything and makes it ordinary things beautiful. i currently think that tree trunks with snow are the best thing since sliced bread (which, if you think about it, isn't such a big deal. snowy tree trucks are Way better than sliced bread, in my ever humble opinion).

i don't get it. i really don't. and if i lived in a typically snowy climate, i do believe that i might *gasp* hate it like alot of the snow dwelling people do.

i can't fathom hating snow. that just seems so.... cruel!!


(obligatory self portrait in the snow)

(obligatory dog picture in the snow)