i’m not sure how much of this has been made glaringly apparent to those of you lovely enough to read my blog, but this winter has been a hard slog for me. literally, the season. i’ve been feeling low energy for several months, and in some serious need of sunshine. i mostly just want to be sitting on the couch.
that having been said, i can still appreciate the season when it throws some beauty my way. helllllo snowstorm!
driving home from work today was slow and arduous (my car is not built for weather. but it can deal with weather. slowly and arduously.) and when i wasn’t watching oncoming traffic slowly fishtailing it’s way towards me with a sense of impending panic, or working on minimizing the amount of panic which other drivers felt when watching me drive, i loved the recreated landscapes around me.
i’ve always enjoyed weather. i have some fantastic childhood memories of hours spent playing in snowstorms and rainstorms. of going out with a stick to clear dead leaves from the drains on the street and becoming mesmerized by the changing paths of the water, or hauling on every piece of cold weather gear to go see the new alien landscapes of familiar sights after a big snow.
we’ve had a few good snows already this year, and everytime i think i should get out there and document some of the things i love to see. but i never do. so today, when i got home there was still an hour or so of daylight left, and after succumbing to the siren call of the couch and a cup of hot chocolate, i forced myself upward and outward, to take a little walk with my camera in the snow.
beautiful world we live in, innit? i stopped for a cuppa joe and a chocolate chip cookie (best bakery made chocolate chip cookie i’ve ever had!).
i wore the red hat i just finished. it’s for the pinterest challenge:
i ran out of red part-way through. it was a partial skein, and i thought i’d have enough, but the garter sucked up a bit more yarn than i accounted for. i supplemented with the same grey as my last stockholm cowl, pulled out from a thrifted sweater. i like it tremendously, but i can’t quite decide whether to pursue a big fluffy pom pom like my inspiration source. would it detract from the colorblock? what do you think?
love the hat Liza. I like your’s better than the pin that you got it from
Lovely shots! I’ve been trying to take snow photos too, but from the warmth of the house. It doesn’t work so great. Have you ever considered getting a sun lamp? I understand they do wonders for winter blues. I have nearly bought one several times, but this winter was mild enough that I was out and got a little sun, I guess.
I vote pom pom, but mostly because I’ve been pomming all of my hats.
It would be really cute with the color blocking.
I think a black pom pom would add nicely to the color blocking.
ooh, i hadn’t thought of that!
Your hat is better than the one you’ve linked!
aw, thank you!
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! that hat is the one!
Amazing photos! I think you captured the essence of that snowstorm really well. Love that one with the snow-covered path with bare branches all around… Eerily enchanting! About the hat, I think it will show off the colour-blocking better without the pompom. Love the bright(neon-ish?))-neutral pairing!
That’s a lovely hat! And I think I vote for the pom pom too.
Oh, and thanks for originally posting about the Pinterest Challenge, It was a lot of fun even when I was sick part of the weekend and now I feel very inspired to create based on my pins.
pom pom! but I vote grey, because then you still have the intense color gradient. Black would be too severe I think… especially if you make a great big huge pom pom. but, the hat does look very lovely and squishy as it is certainly.
Beautiful winter wonderland! I’m glad you braved the snow and the cold to get these wonderful pics
I’m really not qualified to give fashion advice/opinions… but I’d vote no pom pom – I like the Bauhaus-like simplicity of the red and grey colour blocks just as they are!
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