Thursday, January 28, 2016

Winter Yard

Last summer I rearranged the stumps in the yard to create a path to and over the rocks on the little hill/tunnel.

16-01-hill01

At that time I wasn’t thinking about winter but now that the snow is here we have been creating a BIG hill in the yard by piling all the snow inside the stump circle.

16-01-hill02

This picture was taken before the recent snowfall.  Yesterday we spent nearly two hours adding more snow to the pile so now the hill is much bigger :-) Watching the children play on this hill makes me dream of permanently filling that stump circle so we have a big hill in the summer too – but I would miss the inner stump circle and the tunnel too.

With all the snow piled up one side of the tunnel is now blocked so the ‘tunnel’ is actually a ‘cave’.

16-01-hill03

This cave is now a favourite – not so secret – hiding spot.

16-01-hill04

Found you!

16-01-hill05

Another favourite space is inside the tipi.  In summer it is nice to be able to see through the tipi and into the lane beyond the fence.

16-01-hill06

In the winter I pile snow behind the tipi and it becomes a wonderful place to sit when you want shelter from the wind.

16-01-hill07

We love our winter yard.

No comments:

Post a Comment