Snow and cold should not stop you from following your spirit of adventure!
One early morning, Oscar and I set out on a safari.
Sniffing here and there until we came across
A rainbow-coloured footprint under a tree of red berries.
There was definitely magic afoot!
You could feel it swirling in the air.
We followed the track through snow and ice
Until we discovered it! The very shy – but child-friendly …
… Snow Hippo!
I rushed inside to tell the kids of my discovery and they ran outside into the cold sunshine to look for the snow hippo. Ten minutes later, they were still searching high and low and had walked right past the ice sculpture.
Why? Because my tale was so convincing that they thought the hippo was a real live one!
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Lady Fi 
You are one heck of a story teller Fi! I can just hear you telling your kids about that hippo.
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Well now Fi, as one who has seen enough of those kinds of foot prints my guess wasn’t a berry tree but poo poo under that footprint- but hey….when I read the rest I loved the story and I’m sure the kids did too and the ice sculputur is just too cool!!!
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I loved this. 🙂
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I’ll never believe you again!
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UNICORN FOOTPRINT!!!!!! *dies*
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Looks like a snow cow to me…. 🙂
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Very Cool! 🙂
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That is so fun! You always have the best adventures.
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that’s an impressive hippo, we don’t have them around here although there is plenty of snow
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Ah, what a great storyteller you are!! And you do indeed have great adventures in the snow! Have a great week!
Sylvia, Sam and Mojo
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Such imagination. It must be fun living in your house.
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I love this … your kids are so lucky to have you modeling your wonderful imagination 😉
Hugs and blessings,
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What a lovely story and great pics – like from a Winter Wonder Land 🙂
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Very cool ice sculpture..love that you sent the kids on an adventure:)
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I love it! How creative!
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OH yeah hahaha, you’re an effective storyteller!
AL
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ha. i wish i had a hippo.
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To me, that definitely looks like all the other hippos I have seen, though I don’t blame your kids for not being able to find it. Though one would think they would be used to your ways by now.
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A snow hippo? I just saw some snowdogs on Leif’s blog! I think the snow is making people extra creative…
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i can;t draw a straight line but someone can make a hippo OUT OF SNOW?
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LOL too funny. But rainbow snow? 🙂
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They had the very real adventure of tracking a hippo, after all!
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It’s beautiful, I’m enchanted by your creativity!
purrs
Luna
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Fabulous! Whoever took the time to craft that hippo?
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That’s wonderful!!
C x
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You mean Snow hippos aren’t REAL?!!
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I can just imagine their disappointed faces at not finding a real hippo outside – you tease, Fi.
Hope Oscar is getting better
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I am a tease! 😉
Oscar is feeling much better – thanks for asking.
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Where is it? Am I looking for a real one too? Perhaps I’m like your children.
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“A rainbow-coloured footprint under a tree of red berries.”
That would be a great title for a short story or even a novel – go to it!
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A snow hippo? I’m the Queen of Hippoes! Why was I not invited!
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LadyFi: Very nice look at this neat snow scenes.
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