Colder Weather....

Today, December 6, as I walked my Daisy Mae, I was dressed for the weather, as I checked the themometer before heading out.  I knew it was going down in numbers but I did not expect the bite of the wind that I got.  Daisy and I enjoyed our walk, just the same.  She runs and jumps in the tall grasses and finds new smells to sniff out each and everyday, even if we go along the same pathways.  But today we headed down a side road going back to farm fields.  It was cold, quiet, and peaceful.  Daisy enjoyed these new smells also, chasing up a few quail along the way.  We say a wonderful tree that a woodpecker had been working on.  This dear bird must be a real romantic, as the hole pecked out was in a perfect "heart" shape.  Okay, maybe the dear bird was just pecking and I am the "real romantic".

Cold weather is surely not my enemy.  I just dress warmer and go anyway.  I suppose being raised in Wisconsin helped me learn fast that if I wanted an outdoors life in the many long winters in Wisconsin, I had to dress warm and just delve into the experience.  Here in Missouri I don't ice skate, ski, snow mobile, sled, or ice fish (really did not do that anyway, just went with my dad so I could skate on the lake).  You can still go out and enjoy fresh air, cool breeze, nature, and maybe it will snow later today and in that case, Daisy and I will head out for another walk, because there is just something peaceful about walking among the falling snowflakes....each one so unique just like each of us.