cotton pile

I hope you guys had an excellent Christmas! And I had a wonderful Christmas – thank you for asking! 😉 I can’t believe it’s already over, but we still have two Christmas parties to go to, so I guess it isn’t really…

Ahem. Onto the post. The other day Megan and Carmen and my cousin and I went sledding, and it was so much fun! But the other detail you need to know is that there was zero snow on the ground.

So, are you puzzled, bewildered, and otherwise confused? Or did the featured image give it away? Oh bother. XD

Well, there’s this pile of fluff a.k.a. cotton seeds in one of our barns, and it turns out its excellent for sledding on! It’s packable like snow, but not nearly as cold. 😉 (If you would like to learn more about the cotton pile, click here.)

There happens to be quite a large, steep pile in the barn at the moment, which is perfect for sledding.

dsc_0756-1280x853 — I love the manual aperture option on my new camera because I can blurr backgrounds like this! ♥

While we were sledding I got several funny pictures and only like two great ones. We made up a bunch of different “moves” like riding backwards with your eyes closed, or going down on your stomach versus sitting up or laying down, etc. It was like a mini roller coaster ride! The one variation that was hardest to master was sitting “sidesaddle.” Everyone who tried it flipped off and crashed except for my little sister Carmen – probably because she was the lightest. XD

cotton-pile-2 — Super blurry but in kind of a neat way. Ha ha, look at Carmen’s expression. XD XD

dsc_0766-1280x960 — This is probably my favorite picture! Carmen kind of slid off the sled on her way down… XD

dsc_0769-1280x853 — And apparently so did Megan…

dsc_0770-1280x853 — There we go. Much better. Ha ha, her expression! XD

Before we sledded (slid? slided?) my sister Megan and I went over to inspect some pigeons sitting on the haybales across the room. One poor little bird was so scared it let Megan pick him up, so I got some fairly close-up pictures. Pigeons have actually a pretty neat feather pattern, but their eyes are weird. XD And not to mention they’re messy…

dsc_0738-1280x853 — Somehow I think this looks kind of pretty – kind of soft, if you know what I mean. Or maybe not…

dsc_0749-1280x853 — That is one creepy stare. XD

dsc_0750-1280x853 — Megan will pretty much pick up any animal, be it bug, bird, or beast. 😛

dsc_0753-1280x853 — Poor thing, it was so scared. But don’t worry, we let it go after we finished taking pictures.

Have you gone sledding for real yet? Does sledding in the cotton pile look like a fun substitute?

***Allison***

P. S. I have a bunch of posts I ~~need~~ want to post. XD There’s a Christmas post with the gifts I made and the gifts I received, a post with a collection of some of my recent art, another post about these adorable kittens, and a year-in-review post! 😀 Which one of those are you looking forward to the most?

I haven’t posted about farm life for a while, so I’m going to start a series about places on our farm! Today we will be touring the lovely cotton pile. XD We don’t play there much anymore (maybe we wore it out when we were little), but when company or visitors come over, they love it!

So what exactly is this cotton pile? It’s (sadly) not a heap of fluzzy cotton wool, it’s just the cotton seeds. But they are still quite soft with leftover cotton fuzz. Why do we have a huge pile of cotton seeds in our barn, you ask? Actually, it’s for cow feed. Blech! I don’t think they would taste especially good, but the cows seem to think so. XD

Here are some pictures I took when our friend Mallory came over:

-Allison(dew drops, hat, nature walk, bunnies, cottonpile) 088 (1280x960) (1024x768) — Cotton seed is good for digging holes or covering people up. 😀

In the olden days the cotton filled most of two big barn rooms! But sadly, there isn’t that much any more. *Sniff* 😛

I hope you enjoyed this rather short post! We had a super fun time tonight which you will hear about later – do not fear. XD

***Allison***

P. S. My friend Mallory has two blogs you should really check out! The first is a cute one where her bunny “writes” the posts, and the second is a pretty lifestyle/photography blog. Click away, my friends!