a-z love: S

In response to a favorite blogger of mine, I've also decided to hop on the "a-z love" train. 26 posts of straight love - beginning with each letter of the alphabet!

S
snowboarding.

(I'm getting too old for this.)

 

My mother once said to me (as my memory recalls), "I can't imagine why you would strap yourself to a board and go whizzing down a hill." Well, Mom, neither do I. It really doesn't seem that intelligent. 

 

But, I picked snowboarding up in college at the suggestion of a friend, and happened to have acquaintances who were patient enough to take me along and teach* me.  Now, 10 years later, I've somewhat lost that excitement, urge, and drive to travel to a mountain to shred every weekend. Knowing I need to be at work at Monday (without injury) has calmed me enough to simply enjoy the cruise control (rather then throw myself of jumps and stare down a rail or a pipe).

 

Regardless, I still love it. I get pumped up with a fluttery stomach when I strap in to my bindings and slide off the lift. The beauty and the call of the mountains will never cease.

 

*As in, wished me good luck and said "See you at the bottom!" It really is the only way to learn, ha!

Breck, CO

Mad ups. Breck, CO.

 

a-z love: i

In response to a favorite blogger of mine, I've also decided to hop on the "a-z love" train. 26 posts of straight love - beginning with each letter of the alphabet!

I

icicles

(winter.)

I love winter, the cold and the snow. Last  year there were mounds of snow and gigantic icicles that dropped from the edge of the cottage and into the snow. I considered them nature's work of art. They were beautiful, three-dimensional sculptures of winter's paces, encasing the cottage in such a natural way that it reminded me of a ice palace. Well, a mini-ice palace, anyways. I miss a real winter.

 

C&C Playtime

Chase and Cinnamon, a Cairn Terrier and Australian Shepherd mix, have fun in the snow. Best friends and family. What a cool afternoon.