New To Skis

Today was Charlie's first day on skis - EVER.  And of course I forgot my memory chip at home.  But I did get some photos with my phone - so you will have to excuse the lack of zoom.  It is a funny sequence.  By the end of the day he was up to the rope tow - with some help from good ole Uncle Wes.  And an assist from Aunt Mary.  Thanks guys!

Charlie is in the BRIGHT orange and blue coat...



Moving Sidewalk?

  


Waiting His Turn?



Down

And Out (for the time being)

Earned His Poles

A Leap Day of Snow

After school Charlie tried to catch snow on his tongue.

Just a little bit of snow so far, but it is still coming down.  Uh - gotta go find the piano music.

A Cold, Cold, Cold Walk to the Beach

Woods Hole Ferry in the Snow

You could just walk right out onto the beach - in the snow.

By the Fire

-- Another cell phone shot, but it's better than nothing I suppose. 

Last night the boy and his dog laid by the fire.



One more reason why I need this copy editing course - just spent the past few looking up the difference between lay and lie (leaving out to not tell the truth).  According to Grammar Girl - "Lay Down Sally" is wrong.  It should be Lie Down Sally.  She says?  Remember it by the dorky phrase - "Lay it on me."  But did that really answer my past tense question?  It did not.  Hmmmph!



Frozen Waves

You know it's cold when the sea freezes.  A super low tide and icy rocks coated by shivering waves.  Charlie even broke off a few icicles - and tasted one of them.  Mmmm, salty.

So glad we had on our snow gear.  It was so cold the lady slippers (Charlie calls them sweet meats from his summer beach adventures in old fashioned crabbing) were slipping right out of their shells, frozen in time.

Here is the same picture but cropped so you can see the frozen waves a little better.