A Band Sampler of Winter Wonders

I browsed and sorted the many pictures I had taken from Winter scenes throughout the last years.

Noticable is that the Winter gets stronger, colder and more icy and snowy since about 3-4 years then before.

Winter 2010/11

It was in early childhood, that I last saw icicles in your region... and last year we had plenty. And big ones !

What I adore is the sense of quietness, calmness of a snow-covered garden. All sounds are suppressed. You can see some tracks in the snow, from birds, my cat.

Former years we had Rabbits here too... but they moved elsewhere. The birds trample the snow close to the house when searching for their food... other then this, the garden is a region of peace.
Looking out there in dawn makes me all content to be "inside", a candle lit, some tea, some incense and still enough funds to have a decent  heating.

I wanted to capture this feeling of joy and fulfillment in a small design and tried to think of a few "scenes" I can see from my window.
Ok, the Doe is mere wishful thinking - but I wanted it so much ! The birds are real, the feeder too with it's hat of bundled straw. It is rotten now, and I will have to replace it...

The small houses will not longer be seen, as one as been taken down and on it's place a huuuuge new house is built, for at least 4 families. Just behind my garden. Yuck ! The other house with it's warm shining windows was the sight  out from my workplace here, and at night I always enjoyed the warm and golden lights from there. I will not be able to see this  - see above: The new building....
When you stitch this little piece you will have some intricacy by doing "over-ones" for the animals, by adding Special Stitches and Backstitching for detail and... of course, by sewing on beads and crystals for Wintery sparkle...As always a DMC conversion will be given for a very affordable version. And a SPECIAL PRICE is available ONLY til Dec. 24th -- as a small Christmas-y Thank you to my stitchers around the world....
Please look here for details on start date, size and price ==> click   and you will come to the Yahoo Group for this design with some more info.
Enjoy these pictures here from my garden, and the world around which I captured in the last Winters....