Tag: cross country skiing

3 ways to deal with winter.

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Embrace the season

Just like our furred and feathered friends that make their home in Wisconsin, we humans have three basic ways to deal with winter – we hibernate, migrate or adapt.

Some of us grouse about the weather, hunker down, stay indoors and count the days until warm weather returns. Some of us lock up the house, forward the mail and take flight to someplace warm. Traveler isn’t passing judgment, if that’s what you prefer. We’re just suggesting you take this winter to adapt and embrace the season, start a new family tradition and get some fresh air and exercise while you’re at it.

Nature centers across the state will welcome you with open, parka-clad arms and may pass out hot cocoa as an extra incentive.

Kathryn A. Kahler is a staff writer for Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine.

Took our cross-country skiing out and hit the trails yesterday. We had a blizzard last weekend finally I say finally because it seemed like everyone else was getting snow all around the country except for us here in the tundra. It stayed cold all week in the single digits temperatures so the snow couldn’t melt. When Saturday came it got up in the forties so it was a perfect day for skiing. Basically it was wet, sticky, hazy and cloudy just the way we like it picture perfect. I took a picture of our ski’s up against our car afterwards as a keepsake. We might not get anymore snow this winter.

Making hay with words.

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Making hay with words.

Sitting here painting enormously absorbed.

Detail is my essential preoccupation.

As I investigate my progress I see I am far from finished and the further I get the less done it looks.

But importantly I have to make sure I don’t over paint it.

I think I need a break and a beverage.

We made it through the Polar Vortex. How’s the weather doing on your half?

Last week it was -40 degrees F and today it was 40 degrees.

Tomorrow we have a winter storm warning from 7:00am-12:00pm with possible blizzard conditions but not until after I get to work.

We call this winter here hey:)

The cross-country ski’s are ready.

I know I should be thinking about getting this painting done but I like to think skiing is part of my creative process.

We went skiing two weekends ago.

The timing was perfect right before the deep freeze.

While we were getting our ski’s on we saw the tail end of four deer pass before us about 25 yards away.

Nature at it’s best.