I've just started hiking recently. Last week I went with a couple of friends. This week they were all busy so I ended up hiking on my own. It was sooo nice! I loved having the time to let my mind wander, to be in the present, and to admire the gorgeous scenery. I so rarely have the opportunity to do just one thing for a long time. This morning I ( Read more... )

This last weekend it snowed from Friday night until Monday noon. We got 15 inches of snow and 1 inch of water mixed into that. Now, here in the Upper Midwest we're good at clearing snow. I was not snowed in at all this weekend. But with temperatures hovering around freezing, the snow was really wet and really heavy. How heavy? The Wisconsin State ( Read more... )

In December and early January we kept complaining that winter was never coming. Now we're packing it in to what's left of the season. Two or three weeks ago it was really really cold. And this weekend we're getting our heavy snow ( Read more... )