Nelson, BC – Page 2 – Skelton Sketches

Snow, snow, don’t go away…

Posted on January 22, 2016April 29, 2017 by lindaskelton

They say the snow will not be long with us…that spring thaw is coming to these parts. I do not know; but I hope ‘they’ are wrong. I hope the snow will keep on falling and blanketing the world with its pure beauty.

Christmas is past.

Easter is coming…

And in the meantime we are enjoying the snow.

It is not only a delight to the eyes

but it is just plain fun to play in!

[This was my first tromp-about with snowshoes; I felt like a kid let loose in the snow!]

Well… It makes for some work too, but heh, it gives cause to get up in the morning!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

–LS

Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word! Ps.148:7,8

December in our neck of the woods…

Posted on December 22, 2015April 28, 2017 by lindaskelton

I’ve been away from blogland for a bit.

There are so many distractions in December…

There are visitors in the yard…

and snow to be skiied on and photographed.

There are firesides to be enjoyed…

Cards to be made and mailed…

Ornaments too…

And a home to get ready for Christmas

and for company!

The grandkids are coming along with three out of five progeny and their spouses.

We are so pleased!

–LS

Wishing you hope, joy and peace in believing—a Saviour has been born to us; He is Christ the Lord!

Celebrating Winter

Posted on November 26, 2015April 28, 2017 by lindaskelton

I read lately of three keys to enduring a long winter. But first and foremost is the attitude shift from enduring to celebrating! At least that’s what the PhD student who conducted a mental health study in Norway had to say. Mind you, she only spent one winter there… But the keys she found are ones we are implementing here as we gear up to enjoy winter.

#1 The Opportunity!

One key to enjoying winter is to celebrate the things one can only do in winter, for instance—skiing!

I was sad to see autumn losing ground to winter and the last of the bright leaves tumbling down to be buried in white. But Jim was chomping at the bit to get out cross-country skiing. This is new to us. We bought some skis just as the snow wrapped up last year so didn’t get much of a start. But we took our skis along on our recent trip to Alberta and…found some snow.

I’m the chicken, who has great reservations about new and untried things. Jim is so good for me. We had a good time, and I didn’t even break anything! Though I had a good chuckle at Jim’s videos of me shuffling along like a little old lady—when I in fact pictured myself g-l-i-d-i-n-g along quite proficiently. NOT.

Watch for the old lady…

#2 The Cozy ( :

Another thing to celebrate is the coziness of wintertime—candles, fuzzy blankets, fires and hot drinks. And of course, though the article made little mention of it, Christmas time! With its music and sparkle and the smell of gingerbread cooking…and special together times. What would winter be without Christmas?

#3 The Beauty

And then there is the sheer beauty of the season. Apparently, in the dead of winter in Norway there are hours of sunrise and sunset without the sun ever really appearing. As for me, I prefer to see the sun. Yesterday while the first major snow of the season was falling here the sun was shrouded in white.

But today the sun was radiant, pouring in at the window making all seem right in the world, despite my being a little under the weather with the sickness now nicely incubated from our recent trip to visit little people…

The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. … I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD. … I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. … This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Ps.118:14,17,24