Winter is magical with crystal trees and marshmallow hills as snowflakes fall to gently kiss your lips. Isn't this a beautiful time of year? Here are a few photos of what winter means to me, a few of my own combined with those of my lovely Flickr friends. I hope you enjoy this composition of winter's highlights.

Left column top to bottom: Liz, decor8, Little Pink Studio, Pink Peony Photography, decor8.

Right column top to bottom: Life Love Paper, Simple Tess, Wynzia, K. Manghi, Kat Heyes and Craft & Creativity.

"Wide, sparkling fields snow-vestured lie, beneath a blue, unshadowed sky; A glistening splendor crowns the woods and bosky, whistling solitudes; In hemlock glen and reedy mere, the tang of frost is sharp and clear; Life hath a jollity and zest, A poignancy made manifest; Laughter and courage have their way, at noontide of a winter's day." - Lucy Maud Montgomery.

(images linked to their sources above)