Firstly let me wish you all a very happy, healthy and peaceful new year.

My brother, Steve, has been visiting us this past week with his wife, Beverley, and their two sons, Gabriel and Sebastien.  Last Friday didn’t get off to a good start with snow falling all morning, but it did mean the boys could get to build a rather large (6ft/2m tall) snowman in the afternoon.  I say ‘boys’, but as you can see from the first few pictures, it was mainly Steve who built it, while Seb and Gabe did what brothers do – throw snowballs at each other.

From then on though it has been blue skies all the way and we’ve been out walking, cross-country skiing and downhill skiing.

With the sun shining brightly, as each day went by, the snowman started to tilt more and more.  Picture 29 below was taken on new year’s day (looking a bit how I felt!) and, even today, it’s still defying gravity by leaning at around 45 degrees.

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  1. bayphotosbydonna Avatar

    Everyone looks like they certainly had fun in the snow! Love the photos of the snow-laden trees, just so pretty, Mike!

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar

      Yes, we did. 😊 The trees certainly add something special to the landscape. I’m glad you liked them.

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  2. CJ Avatar

    brilliant… just what snow is for…

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar

      Indeed. 😊

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