Frozen Han River (part 4): Snow-Covered Rocks at the River Bank

After I said "enough" of the island..and kinda forced myself to go home, I had this urge..of keep on exploring the surrounding area at the river bank. hmm....okay..I just let my hunch take me to the places near the floating island.....only to find out that..."wow" indeed, the river was practically frozen....and I could tell from the pillars of the bridge...

They're literally covered in or changed into ice. hmm..I just wondered that it wouldn't melt away soon since the weather was pretty ....cold, still. But, boy..this is nice. It's like seeing something new for me.

Then..without me realizing it...I was strolling along the river bank where I spotted rocks covered in snow. Snow or ice? well, one thing for sure..the river was surely white....

The monotonous white river...., yet...this is way too dangerous to step on.../ On a split second, I was thinking of walking on it..but then..."knock it, off, Ray" wake up!. let's go on...

okay..I kept on walking along the river bank. psst. again...on a particular bright day..in summer ...I think someone would've reprimanded me of not going too close to the river...^^

But, today..was..special. Since..again and again..not a single soul was visible in the vicinity..so much.that it gave me ample freedom to be as close as to the river as I could get...

A special moment..and time I gave myself.

Then...I decided to go back....not to let myself..be frozen...^^

Spring will Come

..but for now...winter is what we have. The rail track was fully covered in snow.

It's taken when Freya was still like 5 or 6 y.o. the same spot...right at the back of our apartment.

A year passed...and it's summer. 

We're waiting for spring now.

Winter Wonderland

I know it's passed Xmas....and that it's February.😉 But....snow and its charms when it adorned our frontyard a.k.a. parking lot in the apartment did not and never failed to awe me even in its simplicity.  

Like the other night when the snow turned the lot into a winter wonderland...as I hummed Doris Day's tunes^^

Memories @ Winter 2015. Seoul.

Winter @ Ttukseom

With an entrance fee as much as 10,000 Won for one child...they could choose any rides they wanted to, apart from snow sled and tube. 

Of course, they wanted to try this one. oh, well... 

 

Or a mini-track hop-ride-and-go bike. 

and...winter did not seem to deter their enthusiasm. 

hmm...what about this? Daddy wanted to do this...but..boy..being a Daddy simply meant that I got to follow where the kids wanted to spend their time... 

so...I got no options but to jump into the boat!!! 

Ttukseom resort is located right next to Han River...and it's almost sunset.... 

We'd better go home....after all, all rides were closed at 5 pm.

Sunset scene at Ttukseom Resort.

Winter's Coming

Officially, winter's coming when the kids are happily playing with snow.

She just came back from school when the snow's heavily pouring down...and what came next..: predictable. 

She stopped at the nearest park ..and played along with the snow. 

phew....wondered when she'd ever wanted to go home... 

but she did..after she made this LOVE snow....just for me.

I got the picture via Kakao Talk.

고맙다, 프레야.

"what are you looking at, Freya?" 

"Wait, what are you trying to touch?" 

"Da..Da...nothing! just a snow flake...!" 

She's so happy to play with the snow.

학교에 가는 중...집에 가는 중....가다가....눈에 몰입해 있단다. 

즐거운 표정을 갖고 ...신나게 노래 부르기도 하곤한다. 

역시..눈은 강아지와...아이와 참 어울린다니....

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