The end of Fall

Fall is over. Halloween is this week and the snow is here to stay.  I feel it's in my blood to resist winter. My mother openly despises the cold and snow and anything winter related! My father is in a constant state of delusion wearing Jimmy Buffet t-shirts everyday of the week all year round. If he could he would live on the beach.  In spite of both of my blood lines I have come to not only love but embrace winter. Particularly the snow. I never thought I would come to enjoy the frosty white flakes as much as the extreme heat of the desert sun that I worshiped as a teenager in Arizona.  Thankfully I came to my senses when I met the most intriguing and handsome man that I never new existed.  Nordic Nate taught me how to cross country ski and made me fall in love with the snowy mountains.  We had the first snow here in the mountains, now my permanent home, and I had an urge to resist it. As he always does the Ranger pushed me out the door, even put some wax on my skis, and made me fall in love with winter and him all over again.  There isn't anything better than the feeling of a good ski or walk in the snow. I'm so grateful for my wonderful husband for helping me to use all my senses and get out and enjoy all seasons of nature.

               A photo from our wedding day, just a few minutes before we were husband & wife. 2008