In The Bleak Midwinter

Good morning Jeffrey!!!!!! Whoa … you’re FAST!! LOL!!!! Gilpin Falls?? Oh, isn’t this awful … lived here most of my life … but can’t say I have!!! I’ll have to look it up!!! Thank you for your lovely note on this one … I’ve got to quit putting snow all over everything … getting a bit carried away here … rofl!!! Thank you again, sweetie!!!! Hugzz!!!

Good morning, Ash!!!! Thank you so much … I’ve fallen into a snow rut, I think, rofl … but what fun!!! WHEEEE!!!

Oh, Arie!!! I’m DELIGHTED to seeeee you!!!!! Welcome, welcome, welcome, sweetie!!!!!! Oh, hugs and hugs!!! YAY!!! Take a look at my watch list … you’ll fall over when you see how many old WSers are here!!! It’s the greatest place in the world!!! Soooooo much to learn … everyone soooo kind and helpful!!!!! This is GREAT news, dear friend … you’ve MADE my DAY!!!!!! Happy, happy hugz!!!

Thank you, Denis!!! I’ve gone a bit crazy with the snowflakes … can’t seem to help myself, lol!!! But what FUN!!!! Thank you again!!

Thank you so much!!!! So glad you liked it!!!

Hiiii sweetie!!! Thank you so much … I’m still figuring things out … I’m sure there are better ways to do this, but what fun!!! Hugzzz!!!

Hiii Jeffrey dear!! Thank you so much!!!

Hi Dottie!!!! It is a pretty song, isn’t it?? Try to see if you can find John Gorka singing it … he’s got a few songs on You Tube, but not this one. Soo glad you liked it!!!!

Hi Mary!! Thank you … I just caught a very quick look at your tutorial with the egret!! I wish I’d seen that before I did these … your egret looks fabulous!!!!

Hi Lisa, hon!! Thank you so much!!!

LOL!! hiiii John!!! Thank you for your “beautiful” sign!! What fun!!!!

Oh, Chuck, you sweetie!! Not clever at all … just adventurous, lol!!!!! Thank you so much!!!

Hi hon!!! Oh, I have sooooo many birdie shots … I thought it would be fun to jazz one up .. so glad you like it!!!

Hi Rebecca … do you have a bird feeder up? They love black oiler sunflower seeds!!! They’ll come to YOU!! I have my feeder right outside the French doors in my kitchen … they are my winter entertainment!!!

Hi dear Bela .. thank you so much!!! I’m having soooo much fun!!!!

Hi Mike!!! Thank you so much … I’ve got sooo many birdie pictures … I think it’s the birdies that blew up my old harddrive, lol!!! I thought it was time to get a few more out there!!! So glad you enjoyed it, hon!!!

Hiiii Angie!!! Thank you sweetie!!! Aren’t they fun???

Hi Sylvia!! Thank you, sweetie!!

Oh, thank you so much!!!!

Oh, Troy, are you??? Isn’t it just glorious??? Try to find John Gorka singing it … it’ll break your heart!!! I stick it in the cd in the car and sing my tonsils out, lol!!!! Good luck in your choir service!!!!!

Thank you so much!!!

Hi hon!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!! Oh, it is a beautiful carol … look for John Gorka singing it … You Tube didn’t have it … but you’ll love it!!!!

Hello gorgeous!!! Thank you so much … so glad you enjoyed the pic and the song … I think they go together well!!!

Hello my pretty Meeli!!!!!!!! Always sooo good to hear from you!! So glad you enjoyed this one!!

Hi sweetie!!! Thank you, thank you!!!

Hi jacqi!!!! Soooo glad you liked it!!! And as for the song, get John Gorka’s version of it, stick the cd into your player in your car, roll up your windows and sing your heart out!!!!!!! WHEEEEEEE!!!!

Oh, you sweetie!!!! NOOOO not at all!!! But I am have an awful lot of fun!!!! Hugzzz!!

Hello sweetie!!!!! Thank you!! Yes, I’m in Maryland, but I’m in PA, too!!! We have a teensy ski cabin at Blue Knob and we’re there almost every weekend!!! So you were right!!!!

Thank you so much, sweetie!!

Hello, dear Monica!!! Thank you sooo much!!!!!

lol … yep … it’s that time of year again, sweetie!!!! Grab your ski socks and your fleece hoodie!!! ... handing you a hot cuppa … sit over here by the fire … thaaaat’s better!!!!

Hiiiiii sweetie!!!!! Thank you sooo much!!! Just having some fun, lol!! I put snow flakes on just about everything I laid hands on the other day!!! LOL!!!

Hiiii Patricia!!!! Thank you sooo much, sweetie!! I’m so glad you liked it!!!!

Shane!!! hello darlin’!!!!! Thank you sooo much!!!

Hello dear Rose!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

Hi Jacky!!! Thank you!!!!

Hiii Shirley!!! Thank you so much!!! Sooo glad you liked it!!!

Tereza!!!!! Hello my darling friend!!!! Thank you sooo much, sweetie!!!!!!!

Hiiii Colin, dear!!!! Thank you!!!!!

lol .. Chookas, you have me laughing!!! Delighted that you enjoyed it!!!!! You don’t get winter at all?? OOOO that’s a bummer!!!! It’s such fun to watch the seasons change!!!! I love it!!!! And winter is such fun!!!!! I hope you enjoyed the music

Hello Christopher!!! Thank you … what a lovely compliment!! I have MANY birdie shots … faarrrr too many … and took even more over the weekend!!!! I thought the snowflakes would be a fun break with the ordinary!!! Thank you again … I appreciate your lovely note so much!!!

bwahahah!!!! Oh Beeeevie!!! you are such a character!!!!! He does look cold, doesn’t he??

Hi Steven!! Thank you so much … so kind of you!!

Thank you so much!!!

Thank you!!!!

Oh, Liz, I love Photoshop!!! My version is not a new one, from about 2003, but I just finished a class in which we used the brand new one … and I’ve got to tell you, the old version is still fun, too!!!

Hiii Meeli!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!!!!!

Hi Tracy!!! Thank you so much!!! Yes, I love the cardinals, too … I hope to get a decent shot off this winter with one actually in REAL snow, lol!!! My shots from last year are laughable!!! Glad you like this one … with the fake snow!!!

Thank you so much, Jamie!!!

Thank you, dear Ann!!! Did you listen to the song?? It’s soo pretty!!

Hi Jason!!! Thank you so much!!!

LOL!!! thank you Anthony!!! I love this carol and the poem … one of my all time favorites!!! And yes, it is a shame that the cardinals and all the other darling birdies have to put up with the cold, but they seem to manage. I’m careful to keep the feeders filled, and we’ve planted a nice tree that’s now grown up to the height of our deck so they have a nice safe perch to wait in when the feeder’s being used by someone else. It looks like a busy mall on Christmas Eve sometimes!!!

thank you, Trudi!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed this one!!!

Thank you so much!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed this one!!!! It was a lot of fun to play with!!!

LOL!!! Thank you!!! You have no idea how much fun this one was to put together!!!

thank you very much!!!

Hi Lori!!! Thank you, sweetie!!! Hubby was at the cabin this weekend and said it snowed nearly the whole time … AND that the trees were all icy and glorious … did you get out and get some beautiful new snaps???

Hi Dawne!!! So glad you liked this one … I didn’t realize Sarah McLachlin sang that song too!! I’ll have to check that out!!!! Thanks, hon!!!

Thank you so much!!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed this one!!!

Ann, thank you so much … you are so sweet!!!

Thank you, Robin … are you in Virginia??? I lived there for years!!

Thank you so very, very much!!!! I’m honored that you liked this one!!

thank you so much, sweetie!!! WHEEEE!!!! LOL!!!

Thank you!!!! I have to admit it, the snow flakes were a ton of fun to do!!!

hey sweetie!!!! A belated but heartfelt thank you!!!!!!! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Prosperous New Year … oh heck … ALL GOOD THINGS!!!!! hugzz!!

Larry, bless your heart .. thank you so much!!!!! Glad you enjoyed the music … when I put John Gorka’s version on everyone runs because I bust out singing right along with him, lol!!!!!!

Thank you so much, Anna!!!!! They are such wonderful creatures … they really brighten up the winter landscape here!!!