Winter Fun

Full cover image

This is the full wraparound cover for a book I am creating in dummy form.  Almost finished with the sketches I will still need two finishes in color and one in black and white before the dummy is complete.

©Ginger Nielson 2011

Here we have Clarence and Alexander, two adventurous brown bear cubs.

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY ~ WINTER

©Ginger Nielson

It is almost time....

Soon enough the bears will return to their warm cozy forest places for a long winter's sleep...and we can once again put up the bird feeders.

City Life in the Winter

©Ginger Nielson 2010

I only lived in the city for a short time, but I remember WINTER... and these guys up very, very high on the rooftops. They always looked so forlorn and forgotten. This one is a baby. You can tell because he still has feathers on his head. When he is older the feathers will slowly give way to the more recognizable balding head of a vulture.

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY ~ VOICES ~ DAY EIGHT

The VOICE of winter is a silent one. Rain that slowly turns to icy creations...snow that blankets the earth quickly and quietly.


The VOICES we are hearing in the tiny market down in the town, and in churches and on TV are still announcing that there are present outages in our area.
Our street and all those right around us and on up the mountainside are still without power for the 8th day in a row. When we talk to strangers we find everyone has a story, and yet the VOICES are cheerful as is the custom for this time of year. We are still operating on a small generator and we have some internet service from the satillite connection. That puts us in the category of very lucky as many people are still spending their days and nights in our middle school shleter.




So here for your winter enjoyment are scenes of the season...at least up here in the Monadnock Mts. of NH.
The ice is now melted away, and we expect 10 " of snow to top of the small snowfall earlier this week.


People exist with woodstoves, fireplaces, generator, and that typical New England attitude. It seems like they can handle anything with a smile and an ability to rise to any occasion. We have only been here five winters, so we are novice to the challenges, but we are learning FAST.....

Be of good Cheer, Christmas is a few days away. Even in the dark, the light of this Holy season will shine.

TIME TO WINTERIZE ~

I decided to WINTERIZE... my My Website and the banner for this blog.

SNOW CONE

One of the things we love about New Hampshire is the change in seasons...sometimes that can be from minute to minute. Right now we have snow with more on the way. In fact the snow in the front of the house has been so deep I can't get to the bird feeders, so I put some kindling wood covered with peanut butter and birdseed sticking up out of the snow. This morning an industrious squirrel made his way over under and through the snow to grab a nice treat.