I bought each of the girls a new headband...just $1.50 at XXI, pretty satin bows on the side. Hannah wore hers to see the ballet, Cinderella with Galina.
It's like the winter I remember as a child... our years in Vermont were wonderful! I liked to make snow forts from the piles accumulated after shoveling our driveway. I sat in there, read the Sunday funnies, wrote notes, ate
Lemonheads... Sledding down the hill in our backyard, from the top where we had the blackberry bushes and garden to the bottom near the old grape trellis and crab apple tree was always fun...I liked to stand on the sled, that was before I ever went skiing.
I am so happy to be doing those things again...with my own children. I'd love to have an ice skating rink...my dad made one with a tarp and several 2x4 in our driveway.
Friday, was the Russian Winter's Night fundraiser for our church...an elegant dinner, auction and concert.
Irina Mozyleva came from NY to sing...you can hear her opera-like voice if you click on the link! It was in the beautiful house on the Peterloon estate in Indian Hill. There is beautiful art there by Charles Dana Gibson and John Singer Sargent...you can see one behind me in the photo at the mirror. I love that rose wall paper.
We are now upon Great Lent...the 40 days, plus Holy Week in which we fast and prepare for the Passion and Resurrection of Christ. Every day this week there are services at church. Tonight, however, I will not go, as the snow is still coming down, like crazy... I will read the Canon of St. Andrew at home. I wish you all many blessings and peace of soul during this time!
I bought each of the girls a new headband...just $1.50 at XXI, pretty satin bows on the side. Hannah wore hers to see the ballet, Cinderella with Galina.
It's like the winter I remember as a child... our years in Vermont were wonderful! I liked to make snow forts from the piles accumulated after shoveling our driveway. I sat in there, read the Sunday funnies, wrote notes, ate Lemonheads... Sledding down the hill in our backyard, from the top where we had the blackberry bushes and garden to the bottom near the old grape trellis and crab apple tree was always fun...I liked to stand on the sled, that was before I ever went skiing. 
I am so happy to be doing those things again...with my own children. I'd love to have an ice skating rink...my dad made one with a tarp and several 2x4 in our driveway.
Friday, was the Russian Winter's Night fundraiser for our church...an elegant dinner, auction and concert. Irina Mozyleva came from NY to sing...you can hear her opera-like voice if you click on the link! It was in the beautiful house on the Peterloon estate in Indian Hill. There is beautiful art there by Charles Dana Gibson and John Singer Sargent...you can see one behind me in the photo at the mirror. I love that rose wall paper.
We are now upon Great Lent...the 40 days, plus Holy Week in which we fast and prepare for the Passion and Resurrection of Christ. Every day this week there are services at church. Tonight, however, I will not go, as the snow is still coming down, like crazy... I will read the Canon of St. Andrew at home. I wish you all many blessings and peace of soul during this time!
I absolutely love the picture of you through the mirror and rose paper! I cant believe how quickly winter is going. I think the next time it snows here I am just going to go outside and play all day with Niko! I hope you have a blessed Lent!
ReplyDeletethat sounded like a great winter, couldn't agree any less :-)
ReplyDeleteIt is wonderful to see people so joyously happy with all this snow.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a fruitful Lenten season.
Blessed Lent Marfa!
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are lovely-as always!
M.Michelle
Your blog is lovely Marfa!
ReplyDeleteThose photos are lovely- especially the one with the mirror. You have such a gift for photography. It looks like your girls are really enjoying the snow!
ReplyDeleteI found out this Sunday that a girl who now attends our parish used to go to yours :) Her name is Ashley (Nina) K. I won't put her last name. She had such nice things to say about your family and your parish. :)
Do you have copy writer for so good articles? If so please give me contacts, because this really rocks! :)
ReplyDeleteI love your glance back at the past and your excitement as you want to give some of those same gifts your parents gave you, to your own children today...
ReplyDeleteLiving along the California coast, I don't have many opportunities to build snow forts! What fun...
Thanks for sharing