Little Christmas trees in the north woods
Merry Christmas, dear readers, from our snowy Little House in the Big Woods in Aura, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, just a dozen owl hoots from the nearest four-way stop.
I wish you the happiest of holidays. May you enjoy this season of celebration as we surpass the darkest days of the year.
May 2014 bring you peace, joy and understanding.
I have so appreciated another year of blogging with all of you. You’ve all helped my life shine brighter than a star atop a Christmas tree.
Will be taking a blogging break now–and shall see you sometime after the New Year decks the halls with boughs of holly.
Many blessings! Hope you enjoy looking at all the snowy pictures, including a few oldies but goodies of my little ones when they still frolicked in the snow at our Little House in the Big Woods.
Love, Kathy
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Remember that wasp I showed you yesterday? Look at this snowy wasp nest outside!
We’ve got lots of wood to see us through the winter
Our little house in the Big Snow
Our snowplow tractor
Snow in the evergreens
Baby spruce
From a winter long-long ago when our junior high son helped to shovel the roof
…and our daughter hugged a snowball in a wheelbarrow…
…and our kids built one heck of a snow fort!
Ho Ho Ho and a snowy Merry Christmas to all!
Lake Superior Spirit 
Merry Christmas to you, too!
Ho Ho Ho to you too Kathy, and a very Merry Christmas! Love Love Love your snowy photos! I can only imagine how cold it must feel, for such temperatures to create those piles of snow I have never felt in my life! Christmas hugs, and see you in the New Year. Gosh, 2014 already!
Merry Christmas.
Enjoy your break in all that snowy beauty surrounding your little house in the big woods!
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Oh golly, that is a snow fort!
AWESOME woodpile!!! Loved your other photos, too. Merry Christmas and enjoy your holiday.
Love and warmth to you and yours through the season and into the New Year!
Beautiful scenes and wonderful memories. May this holiday season season be one of peace and joy for you and all your family.
~yvonne
Returning your lovely greetings right back to you and the family, Kathy! Have a blessed “break” and know you’re loved. Thanks for the fantastic photos 🙂
Have a very Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year! Thank you for helping make 2013 a wonderful year!
I like that snow fort! I loved all that digging and building. We used to dig out a big circle with seats around the edges and then light a fire in the middle. Merry Christmas Kathy to you and your family 🙂
Happiest of Holidays to you my wintery friend ! Love all that snow!
May YOU and YOURS have the holliest, jolliest, Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you in your lovely wonderland!
Hey Missy, safe travels and many blessings to you.
Merry Christmas, Kathy! I hope you have a wonderful blogging break, and I wish you and your family all the best for 2014. Can’t wait to see what unfolds in the upcoming year! xo
And a very Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Merry Christmas!!!! Your snowy land is superb & wonderful..I love the stack of woods…and the snow fort? amazing!! you guys truly love your wonderland..thanks for sharing these beautiful photographs. It means a whole lot of dreams, which someday shall come true for me.. have a joyful Christmas dear, my best wishes to your family…see ya soon.
P.S. I do not really like you going on blogging breaks.. but do take care & spend the precious time with your loved ones.. 🙂
Blessings at Christmas to you, Kathy! We have gale-force winds and some hail here in Glasgow. But warmth and love inside.
Wow that snow fort is unbelievable. Have a very merry Christmas in the warmth of Georgia.
Merry Christmas back at you! Stay warm and safe.
Merry Christmas to you!
Kathy, I LOVE these snowy pictures!!! Sure looks like you live in a winter wonderland ♥ Merry Christmas dear friend and enjoy your time off and let your spirit soar with joy ♥
Merry Christmas, Kathy!
Merry Christmas, Kathy! I look forward to more lovely posts and pictures of your life in the big UP. Have a lovely 2014!
Wonderful pictures! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas my friend ! Have a wonderful break. Peace, love and the scent of delicious roasting food !
Merry Christmas to you and yours, dear Kathy.
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Delightful photos Kathy, especially the ones of the offspring! Wishing you a merry merry Christmas, hope it’s wonderful ❤
Beautiful snowy landscape and memories. I love your wooden house in the forest. Thank you for such lovely Christmas cards and many good wishes for 2014 !
Wow … I remember building big snow forts when I was little, too … thanks for reminding me of that time of life. Merry Christmas Kathy
What fun that snow fort is! My kids don’t know what they’re missing sitting outside in shorts right now!
Hope you had a very merry Christmas, my friend. May 2014 bring you many blessings!
Wow. I’m jealous of all that snow y’all get up there. Hey, why not send some our way, pretty please! See you in the new year, and I wish you much happiness, good health, and many, many blessings! ❤
Lovely snowy images, Kathy. Thank you. Wishing you peace, love, joy, and warmth in your snowy little house in the big woods. 🙂
lovely pics with your kids–ah nostalgia for the old days–wishing you a great holiday season
I wish you a wonderful and successful New Year 2014
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Hope you had a great holiday – Happy New Year!
I always love coming here and see your beautiful snowy pictures ♥
Hope you had a beautiful Christmas and will enjoy your blogging break. Looking forward to your return! Happy New Year, Kathy!
I hope your Christmas was wonderful and your holiday break restful and restorative. Happy 2014!
I enjoyed your U.P. pictures. I too live in Michigan’s Winter Wonderland. I am in the Upper Peninsula on Lake Superior east of Sault Ste Marie and just a little past the beautiful Pte Iroquois Lighthouse. My daughter recently posted on my Facebook page a four generation picture of us taken at the lighthouse with Santa this year. Last year we finally had a traditional year for snowfall after 5 years of El Nino effect mild winter weather. We had so much snow and ice last year that we were unable to shovel it off the roofs. My garage collapsed on the first day of spring! This year the snow started early and we have already had about 8-10 plow jobs done for us by Christmas 2013. We love curling up by the fireplace as we look at the beautiful snow-scape outside our windows. It is nice to get away during the dark days of winter for a break around February. It is when snow becomes a dirty four-letter word and spring can’t come soon enough! But, for now we love it! Have a good new year.