A Visit to Frosted Pines

 Welcome back to this little blog! It's been a long time since I last posted. I thought I'd have posted a story before this, but that didn't happen. Life has been a whirl. But I just had to post today. Some of you might remember (if you've been here long enough) the posts I've done about our Christmas village, Garlandsburg. Well, this year, we didn't put that village up.

Instead, my nieces and nephews decided they wanted to build a lego village for me to put up. So, after two days of legos all over the living room plus teens with long legs, and lots of work, we have a village! So, come join me in a quick tour of

Frosted Pines

[Note: Some of these buildings were from sets and they will be marked with * so you know. But even the sets got altered some to make them more wintery or Christmasy.]

We'll start our visit up on the top of the mountain at the ski lodge*. 

The ski lodge is run by Krista, and there she is, getting the mail. But it was built by Goofball. He also built the first-aid station, fixed the helicopter, and got the quad ready for any rescues.

Take a look at that ski hill! Now you understand why we might need some rescue workers and a first-aid station. That cliff is pretty high. And I'm not sure if you can see him or not, but Nathaniel is standing at the top of the slope near the trees with his dog ready to ski to the rescue of anyone. He's wearing a red coat and his dog is white.

At the bottom of the slope, we have Drew's home*. It looks like Braydn and his two friends are there to sing. They have good voices if you want to stop and listen. And Drew's dog is listening too.

 

Here we are at Frosted Pines' church. It's it pretty? Pickle Puss designed and built it.

And look at the windows! Yes, there are lights inside. And there's Papa heading in to get his sermon ready for Christmas.

 

 This is the house that Pickle Puss built.  I just love the porch with the chairs. Grace and her daughter, Kinsley, are on the porch in shocked surprise to see her husband, Richard, coming home in time for Christmas! Richard was a POW and got exchanged and sent home. It will be a happy Christmas for them this year!

Normally this is a small pond in the middle of town, but in the winter, it freezes over and becomes a place to skate. But who is skating? Perhaps you'll remember the boy, Andrew, who was such a good skater in Garlandsburg. Well, he grew up, and here he is, still skating! (This was built by Pickle Puss and Doodle Bug.)

This is the City Cafe* even if it is in Frosted Pines and not in a city. That is Grant standing on the balcony and looking out. He owns the place (built by Busters), and look, Jimmy & Megan are having a special date on that other balcony.
 

 

Here's the town's music store designed and built by me. I have no idea who lives above the shop or who is going inside, but notice the grand piano in the window and the other instruments in the other window.

 

Here's the library built by Pickle Puss. And yes, inside are shelves of books, a rack of newspapers and even a comfortable chair to read in. Grammy runs the library and is the one standing outside talking books no doubt with some random boy.

Here's a wider glimpse of a street in Frosted Pines. The blue building is a little restaurant built by Ti-K. Sarah works in the restaurant with Joy.

 

The little building the front is the post office built by Doodle Bug. You can see the mailman starting off on his rounds. The buildings behind* are being built by Busters, but he hasn't gotten them finished yet.

 

And here we have a house built by Ti-K with a roof by me. I guess a roofer's daughter can build a roof for a lego house. :) And yes, there is a cat on the roof after the bird who is on the top of the roof. Kailyn lives here with her sister, Joy.

 

And here is the high school gym! And look, there's a basketball game going on tonight. The Wildcats are playing someone. James is the police officer on duty holding the door open for the players. That first one to the door is Douglas. And there's Danielle and her twin standing in blue on the side. I can't tell them apart. I think they are here to cheer on their team. Go Wildcats! 

 

And now, let's head out of town.

This is Joel's farm. There he is cutting some logs. Horses are in the pasture, and his dog is on the porch. Looks like he's got a nice fire going out there. I build the house* but we altered it some and Funny Boy set up the whole farm.

 

This is the train* museum that Buddy built. There are lights that turn on, but I didn't get a picture of the lights. Goosey loves this train and wants to make sure the baby and her bottle are in the train with her driver daddy.

And now we come to the Christmas Tree farm. That barn is being built by Funny Boy. But you can see Tom in the gray hat talking to someone about a tree. Tom works on the tree farm.

The Christmas Tree Farm is a busy place! BehBeh is driving the sleigh to take a man and his tree to the parking lot. Her dog, Archie, is riding beside her. There are people picking trees, and some are cutting them down.

If you get cold or hungry at the tree farm, you can stop by the little stands and buy some hot drinks or something to eat. Lucas is manning the drink booth right now. Do you see the little rabbit hiding under a tree?

And this is my, I mean BehBeh's house* and her little red truck at the edge of the farm.

And that's the end of our little tour of Frosted Pines. I hope you enjoyed it!