Beating the January Blues!

I think perhaps I carried some of the (Carol child) into adulthood, as I still so love everything about Christmas.
The scent of evergreens-candles-baking
Decorating the house from top to bottom,
The loving warmth of friends and family
The quiet beauty of a snowfall, and how it clings to tree branches is a wonder in itself.
All these gifts that God has given to us to see and enjoy become so much more clear at Christmas time.
   So when January rolls around and I know it is time to start putting away some of the decorations it is a sad time for me.  Granted my waistline is very happy that Thanksgiving and Christmas are over, LOL, but it's still a sad time. 
    I know a lot of you have thought I was crazy in the past, (because I love snow) and you are probably right.  However the beauty of snow is one of the things that help me beat cabin fever until Spring.  A new snow fall makes the world look clean again, and it lights up the whole landscape in the moonlight.
Take time to really see how it outlines all the branches on a bush or the tree branches which are so barren of leaves at this time of year.
  I know in the cities and towns snow isn't all that beautiful, but think how the snow feels-  it falls to the ground to try to make everything pristine and  beautiful - and here come the people with their cars to make it dirty again. Aaaaargh!
 Now seriously if you can take the time to walk the trails in a State Park and just enjoy the peaceful beauty around you it really does chase away the cabin fever. 
   I did say last time I posted that I would show you what the house looks like when it isn't decorated for Christmas.  So here are a few picutres!




This was taken last summer and is the Kitchen part of the greatroom.



This is the livingroom side of the greatroom



Here I am up in the loft bedroom, this is the walkway which leads to the stairway to the Kitchen.

This is the loft bedroom.  I do love how this area turned out with the furniture we made ourselves.  As you can see it was a beautiful windy day-I had the window open and the wind was blowing the curtain.



This is another area of the loft bedroom



This is our little loft bathroom.

I will post a couple more in the next few days and also let you know what I have been doing since Christmas.