A Winter Christmas At The Farm

Hello dear friends, the Christmas season is over for another year.  It feels like I put so much thought and effort into the holidays and then poof! it is over.  Sadly we missed our family Christmas dinner as a flu had been doing the rounds.  In the end we had a quiet Christmas at the farm with my mother and we spent time making some Christmas ornaments.   

This is the pergola that we built last year.  It was not on our to-do list but once we came up with the idea it was full steam ahead.  This area is just off of our dining room and we were able to get quite a bit of use of it last year.  The little lights lend a very nice touch.  Anyone with an Instagram and Pinterest addiction knows what it is like to be suddenly inspired by something and then needing to have it!  The internet is far too distracting.

Another one of my favourite views of our garden gate and fence.  Parts of this fence have been re-purposed and were part of another fence in this general area that had to be dismantled when our addition was built.

This outdoor tree replaces one that looked the same but broke during a wind storm.  It looks great against the stone wall of our old farmhouse.

It was a bit of a job trying to recover the ornaments that had rolled across the deck and landed in the gardens.  I am sure to find more in the spring.

This picture was taken one morning recently while we were enjoying a cup of coffee.  

The chicken coop has a light dusting of snow.  The Christmas lights that we had put up a couple of years ago did not work properly this year so we have added new ones.  This view is taken from our breakfast deck.

Here is our broken tree stuffed into an iron urn.  It looks lovely painted with frost.

We have had quite the weather week with some record breaking warm temperatures, an ice storm and snow squalls.

Willow took advantage of a nice day to lounge outside on a piece of furniture that didn't quite make it inside for the winter.  She is quite a senior dog but loves life on the farm.  She will turn 14 this year and has been living with us for about 5 years.  She is a very gentle soul.

Another view of the chicken coop nestled in snow.  Even in slightly freezing temperatures the hens will venture out through the trap door to get some fresh air and sunshine.  Once the temperatures really drop we lock them inside the chicken coop.  In very cold temperatures we will use a heat lamp to keep the temperature inside above freezing.

The garden privy is always one of my favourite little structures.

Our frosty cedar hedge.

Ice storms are the scariest part of our winter and it seems that as our winters get milder we get more and more of these "ice events".  Fortunately this one was short lived and we quickly moved into record breaking high temperatures so the ice was gone within a day.  It can look so pretty though!

I am sorting through some photos of our guest room and woodland themed tree and will have photos to share soon!

~Thank you for visiting!~