Winter Is Here

Every Sunday, I visit my parents from out of town. When I left last night, it was snowing slightly. It was the first snowfall of the season, and it was almost magical watching it fall.

This morning, I woke up to this. I'm not particularly looking forward to the drive to work, but I have to admit, the trees look beautiful capped in white like that.

Seeing them covered in snow like this makes me think of a visit to Leavenworth, Washington several years ago. I think I was still a teen at the time (I'm in my mid-20's now),  and it was right around this time of year. It's a tourist trap, so it's made to attract people, and that it did. The buildings had sort of a gingerbread cottage look to them, and you could see mountains in the distance. All this with a layer of snow made me feel like I was walking in a fairytale.

As much as I'm going to gripe about winter and its snow and ice and cold later, it's still early enough that I'm looking forward to what it has to offer. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Christmas shopping and music, New Year's Eve...and best of all, at the end of it comes spring.

Wishing you all a happy winter, and a happy Thanksgiving!

Hey There. :)

When I first started writing this post, my intention was to talk about Christmas shopping and ways to save money on it. While the ideas were there, it just wasn't flowing. So I figured, what the heck. It's my first post here, I'll just start typing and go along with whatever my fingers decide.

I've always loved to write, but I haven't done it in a long time. Somehow, it always gets pushed to the back burner, right behind family, work, designing, gaming, and probably numerous other things I can't even think of at the moment. I figure writing is probably like any other hobby - the more you do it, the more interested you are in it. At least until you get bored. :) Maybe this blog will get the sparks flying and I'll eventually get around to writing that novel that's been on my life list for the past five or ten years.

If you came to Hooking Along looking for crochet patterns, chances are you know me from somewhere. I'm antara on both Crochetville and Ravelry. If we've met, nice to see you here. If we haven't, I'm glad to meet you. :)