No.206: The Good List // Vol.01

a little list of things I noticed this week
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We bundled up in coats, hats and gloves and snuck out the door before little brothers could see.  The smell of fresh, piercing cold air greeted us the moment we walked out the door.  In our boots, the frozen grass crunched and she giggled at the sound.  We held hands as we hiked through the bare trees to the furthest edge of our property.  As we looked back at our home peeking through in the distance, she sighed, “Oh mama, it’s just so beautiful out here!”  I want to remember cold breaths swirling, pink noses, and the look of awe on her face.  We both can’t wait to go out again soon.

“Folklore says the woolly bear caterpillar can predict the severity of the winter simply by the length of the red-orange band at the center of its body.  Basically the more red-orange there is the warmer the winter and the less red-orange, the colder, more snowy the winter will be.” (via)  If only it were so easy!