Easter Sunday and down came the snow. Just sleet at first but after a while it got quite heavy and settled.
You would never know it now because it stopped after two hours and has already melted away as if it had never been. I know that Mike is disappointed as he wanted to take his camera out and get some shots of trees and bushes covered with it but we had the family calling over so that was not possible.
The boys were so excited. They were both too small to enjoy snow last time it fell here. Nathan ran up the path shouting "snow Nana, snow."
At least it gave us a little photo opportunity for me to share with you today:-
It was nice being able to get these shots which we will treasure. Then it was time to come inside and exchange Easter eggs. Two little boys were very pleased with theirs:-
Becky and Dean gave us another bird feeder. This one has a basket at the bottom for planting flowers and a solar light at the top which glows at night. We can only hope it attracts birds back to the garden. We had so many of them coming to all our feeders but the last few weeks they have all disappeared. Only one solitary Wood Pigeon seems to come now. With this cold snap and all the food outside they should be flocking but all our Sparrows, Greenfinches, Bluetits, Collared Doves - all gone without trace.
When the shops are open again, Mike is going to buy some fat balls, that usually attracts them. Could make some of our own but they seem to like the circular shape and we have nothing suitable.
It is all very quiet now that the family have gone - they are off to visit the other Grandparents this afternoon - more chocolate eggs for them!
At least I was so happy for them that they got to see the snow, just a pity it did not last just for a while longer.
And on the third day, He rose again. Praise be to His holy name. Jesus lives.
Hope that you are all enjoying your Easter.
Love,
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Snow on Easter - and you got to see the boys enjoy it. What a special day. Happy Easter! ~~Kath~~
It's beginning to look a lot like....Easter?!?! At least the boys seemed to enjoy it very much. God bless your day! - Barbara
Happy Easter Jeannette to you, Mike and your family. It look as though you have had so much fun In the snow already. Those pictures are wonderful, The boys' faces say It all! lol. I also have to mention that I just love your cosy coat. It's gorgeous. Love Pam xx
Yes, He DID RISE... =)!! I LOVE your photos!! They are so happy, honey!! Hope you are enjoying your Easter weekend, honey. Love, Val xox
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Looks like all the Easter eggs will be frozen!
Happy Easter!
;^) Jan the Gryphon
Looks like all the Easter eggs will be frozen!
Happy Easter!
;^) Jan the Gryphon
Great photos' of you and the familiy Jeannette nice to see you looking so well
Happy Easter
Yasmin
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Happy Easter to you and yours. Your grandson's faces reflect such joy at the snow fall...took me back to when my kids were young, they loved the snow too. Lovely pictures...don't worry the birds will come back, they react to crazy weather by hiding a bit....love, Sandi
Very cool pictures!
your family photos always bring me so much joy, jeannette. the looks on those little faces as they enjoy something, and the look on your and mike's faces as you watch them. thank you for sharing your life with me, and j-land. you have been a driving force to me in my times of depression. thank you again, and may you continue in good health and have a wonderful week.
blessings,
regina
What a treat the snow was for all of you. The pictures are great. I am glad that you had a good Easter. Thanks for sharing. Hugs, Helen
We got snow this morning for Easter also but it is mostly gone. Fun for the kids. Happy Easter.
Julie
All we have here is western Washington is rain. Thankfully, no snow. I love your pictures and I really like your beautiful jacket! It looks like everyone had fun in the snow. Have a wonderful Easter evening. Linda in Washington
Hi Jeannette,
In Wales, we had a little flecks of snow, but it did not come to much. It's gone now. Thank you for sharing the pictures with us. They are lovely. Hope you have a blessed Easter.
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Oh what lovely pictures of all the family enjoying the snow ,bet the little men loved it all and then eggs and more eggs wow ...love Jan xx
Jeannette your pictures of the boys and family are lovely ~ glad you are having a Good Easter ~ Ally x
Lovely to see the photos of you all enjoying the snow Jeannette ,even if it didn't last long ,we still have a bit laying on the ground here. I bet your boys will enjoy eating their eggs ,that was a nice gift Becky and Dean got you cause I know you can't eat chocolate ,we put up a feeder with sunflower seeds in and its been up about a month now but the little birds found it this morning ,I must get some of the fat balls to hang up too .......Happy Easter Day .....Love Jeanxx
A very 'Happy Easter' to you Jeannette. It is nice to see you and the grandchildren with your husband and daughter outdoors on a beautiful crisp snowing Easter. Your neighborhood looks like an old fashioned quiet friendly place to live. It snowed just a tiny bit here today and is cold. I have been getting Salty's doghouse finished before my surgery. I needed enough good weather and am glad that it was finally accomplished so now I can concentrate on inside my cabin organizing things. I am sending you a copy and paste letter about it. The nurse told me last week that if I do not have the fusion my surgery will be the kind that involves faster recovery and results that are proven to be positive. With many back surgery's for disc's people complain afterwards about scar tissue. Mine is to remove the bone pressing on the spinal cord. He said he can't guarentee it will remove all my back pain but I know how much this problem effects me and expect great results. I hope you have been recovering well and you look wonderful in the photos. mark
You have had a lovely Easter from your journal entry........snow for the boys to enjoy, what a miracle. I got up this morning to see snow lying everywhere, but it had gone by lunchtime! We have had a quiet day at home enjoying some home cooking. Hope all is well with you..........Eileenx
What fun pics! That last one of the boys is priceless....as are the snowy ones of you all!
Happy easter to you and yours...
Hugs,
Nancy
Great pictures, you had a fantastic day. Happy Easter, Jeannette & Mike
Happy Easter. It's good to know we weren't the only ones with snow this time of year. It was great to see all your SMILING faces. I know you had a wonderful Easter . 'On Ya' - ma
Happy Easter! Looks like your day was wonderful.... they called for snow here but we got none...
hugs
d
Yes, Jesus lives! Hope you had a happy Easter.
Oh, the boys looked like they were having so much fun! We had three or four inches of heavy snow yesterday. It is so funny driving and walking around today on Easter seeing all the big snowmen up, LOL. Each one is so unique and cool. Love you,
Krissy :)
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Looks like you had a wonderful Easter!
Missie
Amazing pictures :)
Oh my SNOW!!!! Wow...hope pretty...and surprising too. I loved all the photos...the kids look great and you look wonderful Jea nnette! Have a beautiful week...hugs and love,
Joyce
Lovely photos - our snow never settled.
Jenny <><
The kids look like they had a wonderful time...wishing you a great week! Hugs,TerryAnn
love the pictures:) as for your birds is there a hawk or another big bird of prey in the area? we had a guy who owned a hawk and would drive to our neighborhood and let him go and eat our baby birds( that is what i call the little birds) anyway our neighbor confronted him about it and he ramed her car with his. about 1 week later i saw him pull up and let the bird go. So i contacted the newspaper and they came and did a story on it. Come to find out he lived in the next town and all the baby birds had left geez wonder why. The cops came and asked him to find another place. We heard less than 1 month later his bird died. we think its was poisined. He tried to blame us but it wasn't us. hope the birds come back for you
Deb
What lovely pics Jeannette, at least you managed to capture some of the snow. I was surprised to wake up Sunday morning to a white over, and whipped my camera out smartish, which was just as well, the snow had gone by the afternoon.
Hope all is well with you and yours.
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Freda
Great pictures Jeannette. It was snowing here this morning for about an hour, very wet though so didn't settle.
My grandson who is two and a half was quite suprised that it was snowing at the front of the house, then at the back on the flat roof but is was also snowing outide the lounge window too, guess he couldn't get his head around the fact it was snowing all around.
I know what you mean about the birds we used to see blue tits,robins, sparrows,pigeons,crows,magpies and starlings, now all we get are the pigeons,starlings and occasional crow even though my daughter said the other week she saw a woodpecker out in the garden. Seems like the little ones are vanishing i could not tell you the last time i saw a sparrow.
Take care
hugs Jayne
Awww. what sweet pictures!
Wow those are big eggs!
We had snow on Easter also. Got to see all 4 seasons in the space of an hour. It was the weirdest thing.
Hope you are blessed.
Much Love,
Mary
You surely did have some snow didn't you! I bet the kids were excited. Glad you had a nice Easter.
Lisa
lovely pictures jeanette we got the snow too glad it soon went. strong winds made easter here in norfolk a bitterly cold time. roll on spring take care mort xx
we had a few snow flurrys, i was at work and went and stood outside for a minute, then when i walked back in someone commented on my dandruff! they hadn't even realised it had snowed outside.beckie x
Hi Jeannette,
Well as much as I have been complaining that our snow is STILL here there is nothing more beautiful than a tree with hoar frost on it...also you and Mike and the kids were having so much fun it did not make it look so depressing.
I guess just coming back from where it was 30 C and all green I just wish our Alberta had a longer growing season but oh well.
Hubby is from Vancouver, BC so at this time of year he goes through a real mournng process missing his ocean, flowers in bloom and green grass.
Love and hugs to you and Mike,
Lori
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O I'm so glad you had such a great Easter! What sweet pics!! You guys made the most of the snow I can see lol you all look so terrifc!! xoxo CATHY
Precious pictures.. Thanks for sharing them :) Julie
I guess I haven't been getting alerts for your journal. I'll have to check on that. I hope you had a good Easter.
Your grandsons are adorable. I love the pictures of them in the snow. :-)
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Hi Jeannette....love the pics and the snow....Unless we have a late snow, I think we are thru with the snow for this year. We still have to get thru about April 15 to not even have frosts. Have a good week.
Sonya
Lovely pictures of the kids in the snow, it was great we had snow in Yorkshire,real snow.Love Helen
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I really enjoyed your pictures. You look soooo good Jeannette! I'm so glad you all had such a wonderful Easter together.
Hugs..Pam
How lovely to see you all having fun in the snow Jeannette, Nathan is really having fun with his Grandad while Daniel, bless him, looks so cute all wrapped up warm. Your bird feeder sounds really nice, I hope we see a photo of it. I`ve been so lucky with the birds this year, I`ve had so many goldfinches that I can`t count them all when the flock settles in the tree, along with greenfinches, chaffinches and now I`ve even got a couple of wrens. When I used mixed seed they didn`t seem at all interested so I changed to niger seed and sunflower hearts and I`ve never looked back.
Love Sandra xxxx
What great pictures. I hope your weather has settled down now and you are able to enjoy some Spring. Hope you are well. Take Care!
Lori
I have not seen pictures of the grandsons for a while. It is good to see them looking happy and fit. I hope the little one with all the trouble is perfectly all right now. You are such a devoted grandma. I do like all the devoted grandmas for pretty soon you find yourself becoming very fond of the little ones who bring such joy and life! Gerry
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