I love fresh fallen snow.

Health Warning for Snowmen!

Wordless Wednesday...My favorite snowman!

Wordless Wednesday...Snowman Raggedy

I love snowmen!

How's this for combining two of my passions.....ice cream and snowmen? I'm home sick so while I recover (with peppermint ice cream) I thought I would reprint a previous post...

I love Christmas time, the decorations, tree, Christmas music, special programs and yes, even the fluffy white stuff that's cold and you can make people out of it! I have a passion for SNOWMEN!

My husband says I have a "thing for fat, white men" and he is quite happy about it as he says he fits into that category.

I started collecting snowmen while we lived in Savannah, Georgia. I guess I became attracted to snowpeople because of the lack of snow in Savannah. It's really hard to get excited about Christmas while you are doing your shopping in Bermuda shorts.

One of my first snowmen was actually a water globe with a top hat, carrot, plastic coal and sticks floating in water....it was called "A Florida Snowman".

I had one or two snowmen and the next thing I knew....I was a collector. ( Does Three equal a collection?) It seems that friends and family are always excited about people who collect items as they feel they can always pick up a (You fill in the blank) for Mom, Aunt Suzy or that eccentric friend (which is the category I seem to most often fall).

The next thing I knew I was inundated with the fat white cold guys. They took over the mantel on the fireplace and spilled over into the window sills, side tables, porch and even the bathroom. I have cowboy snowmen, wooden snowmen, china snowmen, plastic snowmen, and snowmen wearing fur coats. I even have snowmen I don't even like ( but please don't tell my friends).

I also have a Christmas Tree with nothing but snowmen ornaments and little plastic snowmen to cover the lights. I even have a snow angel for the top of the tree! I have a snow lady "raggedy ann" doll with a snow doll.

Ok, I admit it, I'm a snowman addict! However, my passion for snowmen has really subsided with the lack of space in my little country cottage.Now I can look out the window and see snow.

I can create my own snowman, snow lady or snow family. I can wear boots and tromp on it, sled on it, roll in it, sweep it, shovel it and be overwhelmed by the beauty and whiteness of it. I can sing "White Christmas" and really mean it!

I love nothing better than looking out the windows from my home office and watching the birds eating from the feeder and the smoke coming from the Hardy. (We heat with wood.)

HOME is one of the nicest four letter words I know!

Clay Pot Snowmen!

Aren't these adorable? I absolutely love snowmen! These are made out of terra cotta pots, a wooden ball, baby socks, materials, paint and buttons. You can find instructions here.

It's about time to get out the Christmas decorations for this year. Usually by this time the house is already decorated. So far, we have barely time to even be at home.

The decorations I love the most are the home made one. You know the ones.....ones made by your child in brownies or boy scouts. I especially enjoy the picture ornaments. I did notice that the girls hide their "awkward stage" picture at the back of the tree, (or beg me not to put them on this year!) Ah, but what is Christmas for if not for family humiliation! Let the games begin!

My Love Affair with Snowmen

It's Friday and I'm sitting at my desk watching the world go by thinking about the 900 things I should be doing at home. Ah Home.."the place that you go where they have to take you in"....at least that's what Robert Frost thought. Seems like most of my thoughts revolve around home this time of year.

I love Christmas time, the decorations, tree, Christmas music, special programs and yes, even the fluffy white stuff that's cold and you can make people out of it! I have a passion for SNOWMEN! My husband says I have a "thing for fat, white men" and he is quite happy about it as he says he fits into that category.

I started collecting snowmen while we lived in Savannah, Georgia. I guess I became attracted to snowpeople because of the lack of snow in Savannah. It's really hard to get excited about Christmas while you are doing your shopping in Bermuda shorts. One of my first snowmen was actually a water globe with a top hat, carrot, plastic coal and sticks floating in water....it was called "A Flordia Snowman".

I had one or two snowmen and the next thing I knew....I was a collector. ( Does Three equal a collection?) It seems that friends and family are always excited about people who collect items as they feel they can always pick up a (You fill in the blank) for Mom, Aunt Suzy or that eccentric friend (which is the category I seem to most often fall). The next thing I knew I was inudated with the fat white cold guys. They took over the mantel on the fireplace and spilled over into the window sills, side tables, porch and even the bathroom. I have cowboy snowmen, wooden snowmen, china snowmen, plastic snowmen, and snowmen wearing fur coats. I even have snowmen I don't even like ( but please don't tell my friends). I also have a Christmas Tree with nothing but snowmen ornaments and litlle plastic snowmen to cover the lights. I even have a snow angel for the top of the tree! I even have a snowlady "raggedy ann" doll with a snow doll. Ok, I admit it, I'm a snowman addict! However, my passion for snowmen has really subsided with the lack of space in my little country cottage.

Now I can look out the window and see snow. I can create my own snowman, snowlady or snow family. I can wear boots and tromp on it, sled on it, roll in it, sweep it, shovel it and be overwelmed by the beauty and whiteness of it. I can sing "White Christmas" and really mean it! I love nothing better than looking out the windows from my home office and watching the birds eating from the feeder and the smoke coming from the Hardy.

HOME is one of the nicest four letter words I know!

Snowmen

It's True....I spend a lot of time looking out my window. The snowman was a gift from my baby sister. She made it for me in her stain glass class as she knows I really like fat white men! I like the contrast of the setting sun behind it this afternoon. I mostly just like that I was home and able to watch the sun set from my window. See it really doesn't take a lot to make me happy.

I finished a few more projects at the mission today and started a few more. I'm getting better at taking pictures and posting them on my web log. It's actually fun!....Look at me I'm learning new skills!