{"id":104,"date":"2008-01-27T14:17:13","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T22:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/27\/walking-in-a-winter-wonderland\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:13:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:13:14","slug":"walking-in-a-winter-wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/27\/walking-in-a-winter-wonderland\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking in a Winter Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/27\/walking-in-a-winter-wonderland\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F01%2F27%2Fwalking-in-a-winter-wonderland%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/WinterPark08-01-27-002-small.jpg\" title=\"Riverside Park\" alt=\"Riverside Park\" align=\"left\" height=\"288\" width=\"384\" \/>Outside my office window right now looks like a Christmas card&#8230; and here&#8217;s the picture to prove it!<\/p>\n<p>Finally it&#8217;s looking like winter around here.  So far the snow never stays more than a few hours, so I wonder how long it will stick this time?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one of those perfect snowman-building or snowball-fight days&#8230; where the snow is thick and wet and packy, sticking together into big fluffs as it falls instead of individual flakes.<\/p>\n<p>And I didn&#8217;t really miss the snow this winter.  After all, I&#8217;ve been living in Canada my whole life, and I&#8217;ve had more than enough snow to last me some time, even though in Toronto it doesn&#8217;t stay long on the ground with all the traffic and the lake effect.<\/p>\n<p>But I feel very grateful to have such a beautiful view right outside my window.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And appreciating the small things is what life&#8217;s all about.<\/p>\n<p>It helps you manifest more and be happier at the same time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/heather_sig.jpg\" title=\"Heather Vale\" alt=\"Heather Vale\" height=\"31\" width=\"185\" \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outside my office window right now looks like a Christmas card&#8230; and here&#8217;s the picture to prove it! 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