spring is in the air!

we have had two glorious, out-of-the-ordinary, brilliant weeks of sunshine and hot temperatures...in march! i was lucky enough to be off work for march break, able to bask in the sunshine and 20+ degree weather. i even managed to get a little sun burn (not good, i know, but a testament to the heat)!

i couldn't help but snap a few shots of our little hint of the summer to come, amidst all the gray of march.

mr sun

the sun even had the flowers fooled!

fresh sprouts of grass coming through!

lexi loved the fresh scents of the season!

the temperature is beginning to drop back down...but i am thanking mother nature for the sneak peek of the summer to come! i hope you had the opportunity to enjoy!

SNOW!

it finally snowed
and it was beautiful!!
post-xmas, pre-new year's, but here it is!

ice rain...it is mean. but i love how it covers the trees. 

the clean up was not as beautiful. but that is okay. we don't need to photograph that.

snowless in the city...but not up north.

happy new year! i have lots of photos to update you with....but will start with a snow adventure (since we have been snowless in the city). so we went to deerhurst resort (in hunstville) for the weekend. it being new year's eve and all, we thought it would be nice to get out of the city.

although there has been almost NO snow in toronto, hunstville was quite another story! it was beautiful. i love ice-covered trees and animal printed snow.

2012 resolution: get out of my comfort zone. 

achieved!

here are some shots of our snowshoeing adventures in the backwoods of deerhurst.

while beautiful, the trails
were mostly unmarked and
this map was useless.

our rented snowshoes...
without these i would have
spent the majority of the
hike on my bum.

yay, a trail! we were getting worried we would be stuck in the woods!

just a few shots of our little adventure...more to come over the next few days while i upload pics from my new dslr.

happy new year!

what a week. so much going on. sometimes it can be difficult to see the beauty. but when you look, you can almost always find it.


i should take a moment to show the kind of fun i get to have at work. teaching primary is amazing. so amazing that i have 73 books checked out on my library card! what can i say? i love to read and i love that the kids love to read! imparting my love of books to my kids is a beautiful part of my job. teaching them to read is life changing.

some overdue books that need to be returned asap...

i really have the best classroom in the school. check out those rays of sun. you can't fake that.

yesterday morning when i got to school, the sky was so wonderfully blue. it amazed me to see the moon in such a clear, beautiful autumn sky. enjoy.

can you spot the moon?

it is my beautiful cousin's wedding this weekend. lots of prep this week, in addition to parent teacher interviews and life's happenings. i hope you are taking a moment to think about what you love, and to find the moon in the sunny blue sky.