Wise Words On Sunday

 

Yesterday, we got snow...

just a little but it made everything look beautiful!

- and better yet, no clean up was required -

Cirque du Soleil...The Spirit Of Christmas

 Inside the Gaylord National Resort there was a showing of a trimmed down version of

Cirque du Soleil - The Spirit of Christmas

Like all Cirque shows, it featured dazzling acrobatics, flexibility and high flying stunts.

The show centers around Noel, a child dismayed and distressed by the hustle and bustle of the holidays.

"Trying to recapture her lost love of the season, 

she is visited by spirits who bring back the true meaning of Christmas in dreamlike chapters."

We had great seats and photographs were allowed.

 The show was so colorful, exciting and we enjoyed every second.

ICE At Gaylord National

 If you have never been, you have to go.

Every year there is a different theme, this year "ICE" featured

"A Charlie Brown Christmas"

More than 40 world-renowned master artisans spend more than 6 weeks hand carving 

approximately 6,000 blocks of ice to create this one-of-a-kind Christmas attraction.

With more than 17,000 square-foot and 14 immersive scenes.

- there is more than 2 million pounds of ice -

- it is 9 degrees fahrenheit inside -

- there are 14 immersive whimsical scenes -

- the ice is hand-sculpted with more than 12,000 carving hours -

On to the best part...pictures!

There was a slide, 2 stories high, the hubs went first...

and of course I had to go...

The vibrant colors in the ice sculptures are specially created by a chemist 

with a proprietary formula to ensure it closely matches each character's specific color 

and to maintain its bright color the entire season!

It ends with a pretty Nativity,

and lovely Christmas music!

Wise Words On Sunday

Saturday Critters #574

 I have not been out since last Sunday, so I did not have any new critters pictures to share today.

I have great pictures of my yard birds saved and cataloged on my computer...

but I really wanted to share some new images.

Looking out the window, 

I noticed the birds were all a buzz so I decided to take out the camera and see if I could get lucky.

Here are a few of the song birds that visited me this morning.

I was super surprised to see the Dark Eyed Junco.

They are a winter bird here but I don't generally see them until the first snow.

I saw 2 today...

this one looked like it could be a juvenile because of all the brownish feathers.

Females also have a tinge of brown mixed with their slate colored feathers.

I think this could be either, hopefully, the experts will know.

Tufted Titmouse

I see this bird everyday, year round.

The White throated Sparrow, I see only during the winter.

I see the Song Sparrow often and year round.

Sharing today's images with Eileen at 

Viewing Nature With Eileen 

for Saturday Critters