A Snowy Farmhouse Christmas

This past winter, our little farm was blanketed with over a foot of snow for several weeks. And, I have to confess, I loved it! Truth is, I'm still a bit like a schoolgirl when it starts to snow each year. I'm delighted by the thought of staying home together, going sledding, hot cocoa around the fire, and being hunkered down as a family. There's something magical about those Mother Nature imposed stay-cations.

Last weekend, the clouds spit out a few (and I do mean a "few") flakes, while I crossed my fingers for a winter wonderland. It hasn't happened yet, and I'm still very much dreaming of a white Christmas.

In the meantime, I decided to round up a collection of my favorite snowy and wintertime farmhouses. I hope this compilation will bring you those same childhood feelings you remember having while waiting for a snow day!

"Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered."
--Candace Bushnell

Source: LivingMarch.com

Source: Southern Living

"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. "
--John Steinbeck

Source: Better Homes & Gardens

Source: Country Living

Source: Home Stories A to Z

"Winter is not a season, it's a celebration."
--Anamika Mishra

Source: Southern Living

Source: Homedit

"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home."
--Edith Sitwell

Source: The Cottage Journal

Source: Country Living

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
--Lewis Carroll

Source: Home Bunch

Source: Art Decorations Design

Source: Shaunae Teske

"Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness.”
--Mary Oliver