Here is the bench before the Nor’easter,
And where is the bench now?
Now you see it, now you don’t!
Mother Nature’s sleight of hand
Is more magical than any of man.
What could be hiding under there?
Perhaps a family of icy hedgehogs
And a passing brownie sipping chai.
Under the bench, they stop to say Hi,
Peeking out at other passers-by.
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: New England was blessed with over two feet of snow in 24 hours and two snow days! We shoveled four times. We went sledding twice. We had one epic snowball battle. We drank hot chocolate with friends. We had a weekend in the middle of the week! Stay warm! 🙂 School is on again tomorrow.
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
Keep warm and safe.. And yes it seems Mother Nature is sprinkling us all with her fairy dust. 🙂 xxx
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If all of this is fairy dust, we must all be flying in the clouds. No wonder it’s so cold. LOL
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LOL… yes its going to get colder here in the UK too over the weekend… snow still on the ground.. and wish it were Fairy dust lol… could do with flying somewhere warmer right now 🙂 ❤
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I could stand to visit the keys. Have you been to the Florida Keys? So beautiful.
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No I have been across Canada.. on a long Coast to coast tour.. Toronto, Niagara Falls, Quebec. BC. Jasper Banf Jasper, and Vancouver and Calgary.. Hubby says he wants to go visit The Grand Canyon…. but we still have not got around to it.. 🙂 Who knows…. Florida Keys is another great place too
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Oh, I’ve longed to see Banff. I would love to take the train across Canada. In the summer. LOL
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Yes the tour is a spectacular journey… And goes through some wonderful scenery.. I think the most memorable for me was Banff ‘Lake Louise’ It was May and the ice was still on the edges of the lake a little.. And Sulphur Mounting was another great view.. I can honestly say I have never felt more at home than on top of that mountain top 🙂
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I remember seeing Lake Superior in the early morning. One of my favorite scenic memories is Hawaii. Just magical.
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Hawaii… now there is a Magical place.. My daughter has been there twice now.. and the photo’s she brought home were stunning… 🙂
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You should go. I will remember it as long as I live. So beautiful.
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Woohoo! nature is amazing!!
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Yes! Thank goodness we all have a day or two of warning! Time to lay in the milk and eggs.
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Yes deffinitely
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Now that’s a Nor’ Easter!
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Yes, indeed!
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What fun that you were able to make the most of the weather. Lots of memories have been created that will last a life time.
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We all love snow days. I hope the kids remember the good times best. You can’t always tell what they’ll dwell on.
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Yes there is a bench! Yay! Hii Pink Brenda it’s me MM over here! I needed to see my friends through pink glasses. I know it’s much better on this side of life! 😀 It’s shiny@
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I love your pink energy. I’m glad you are still you, and not going to let any trolls keep you down. 🙂 hope you and BB have a fun weekend planned.
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Glad you’re having fun, in spite of, or because of, the weather:)
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Yes, we are having fun. It’s tiring, but we have a nice warm house to rest inside. 🙂
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Oh my oh my!
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LOL
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WOW!! Super impressive. Hope your fireplace is burning and hot chocolate is being consumed!
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We prefer the furnace, and we had laid in extra hot chocolate. So we are surviving in style. 🙂 Thanking all the powers that be for not taking out the power!
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oops! the bench may be gone but it’s full of life below! sounds like you’ve been making the most of the weather and having a great time!
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Yes, we’ve been having fun. Two days in a row. Can’t remember the last time that happened.
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Ahhhh the joys of winter. Stay safe and warm!!!
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We are safe and warm. The wind was fierce while we were sledding.
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Yes, I hate the wind…..we always get that here 🙂
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The wind with a strafing of snow in it, feels like it strips the skin away. 🙂
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Oh yes….it knocks the wind out of your chest!
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Almost blew me off my feet, it was so strong. Quite a gale. We went home, in case the trees were not so sturdy.
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Yaaaaay!!! 🙂 More snow!!!! 🙂 🙂 I ❤ snow!
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Snow is beautiful. When one is inside and warm. 🙂
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🙂 or outside with lots and lots of clothes! 🙂 Or sitting in a sleigh pulled by a horse, wrapped in blankets with a cup of hot chocolate in hand! 🙂 and sleigh bells!!! there must be sleigh bells! 🙂
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I have never gotten to sit in a sleigh with lots of blankets and hot chocolate. What fun that must be.
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Yes it is!! My couisn has a horse and she used to take us out for a sleigh ride on Christmas 🙂 Have you seen the movie Eloise at Christmas time ? I love it when Eloise and her nanny go Christmas shopping in new york by horse and sleigh! It is soooo Christmassy!! 🙂 I want to do that one day 🙂
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I can’t imagine a sleigh in NYC these days. LOL Although, they do still have horse-drawn carriages in Central Park, now that I think about it. Perhaps they arrange sleighs occasionally, too. I haven’t seen that movie. I’ll look for it.
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It might have been a carriage not a sleigh, anyway, I still want to do it! 🙂 That movie is so so lovely!! You will like it!
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Netflix doesn’t have that one. I ordered a few of the others for my daughter. Thanks!
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Oh, no. I hope you can find it somewhere else. It is adorable!!! 🙂
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Maybe one day it will be on Netflix. 🙂
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Yes! hope so! 🙂
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcIHOWnoUj8d at
My connection is too slow to check it for you, but I think it os the right one 🙂
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You’re right! It’s outrageous of Julie Andrews to look so amazing!
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🙂 🙂 🙂 I love her!
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She is magnificent.
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yes!! 🙂
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You look like you got hit harder than us. We weren’t at bench height, but 16-18″ was still a bunch. I hope you dug out OK.
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We are okay at the moment. More snow forecast for Friday.
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Your part of the country is in my prayers, hope you are safe, warm and sound! hugs, xox
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We didn’t lose power, thank goodness. Otherwise, things would be different. It was a brutal storm for any without shelter.
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