Winter Birthday Gifts

'We all contributed.'

A child stands behind a stand piled high with snowballs and a sign that reads "Hand-crafted snowballs 25¢".

"I'm having my annual reunion with Polartec, Thinsulate, fleece, and my oldest friend, wool."

Little girl skiing.

'Brrr - It is cold out, isn't it fella!?!'

'Help, I've been frostbitten!'

'And I told to myself... if carrots are allowed... why not melons?'

Xylophone Icicles.

"Hey! What's all this white stuff? Let's try the front door."

Snow Mobile Crossing.

'YOU are fed up with it . . . How do you think I feel?'

Snot-Freezing Cold Grips the North Country...

A dog sled team tows a car on a snowy morning.

Ice skating

Snowman and girl

Sledge

"You're going to freeze to death! Put your coat back on."

'Global warming? let me know when it kicks in.'

Kids with skates waiting for the ice to grow.

'I hope you don't mind the broccoli -- I couldn't find a carrot.'

Boy skating on lake, classmates giving scores.

Winter walk.

Snowman of the Apes

'Want to have a snowball fight?'

Snow Angel Fall

"Aw, geez. My nuts are frozen." "T-T-Tell me about it."

"Someday when you have children of your own, you’ll understand why I dress you like ‘an idiot.’"

"About that walk ... can you hold it until springtime?"

"When it's extremely cold out, I prefer flambés to winter stews."

Angels making snow humans

"Lassie, go get help!" "Oh Timmy you idiot! Not again!"

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

'Why is it that nothing ever gets done at these meetings?'

"Approaching 10,000 steps."

"We found the poor thing stranded on the beach last summer and decided to adopt it."