12/7/15

So looks like we will be in the 60s this week.  Very nice but that is not normal.  This is an image I got during the Ice Event.  I rarely have Blue Birds in my yard but when I do they come for the Bird Bath.  This is one I was able to capture, enjoying a drink from it.  The birds rarely bathe in it, they do like to drink from it though.

12/6/15

Well, the wind died down, that's great.  Even though it was in the 50s it made it pretty chilly to be outside.  This image comes from Halloween Day when it was a bit chilly out as well and the railroad I volunteer at was having their Santa Run.  We had a couple of surprise guests.  This is Wylie Coyote riding the train being engineered by one of the owners.  Kung Fu Panda is right behind him though he can't be seen in this image.  It was a fun time for our last run of the season.

12/5/15

Well, windy but warm today.  I can share photos like this and not make myself feel cold.  :-)   This is an image of the first home on our property, built in the late 1800s, that I photographed during the Ice Event that we had last week.  This home is in disrepair these days but still has character and is a favorite subject to photograph for different things.  I used a bit of an HDR effect to bring out the details.  I thought it looked lovely with the limestone color behind the icy branches.

12/4/15

So it looks like the 50s for the foreseeable future.  That's nice but not good as well.  As you can see in this image, the buds are looking a bit large.  I hope plants don't get confused and bloom too early.  I took this image during the ice event we had.  This is one on the branches on my Lilac bush encased in ice.  I thought it looked rather lovely with the bokeh behind from leaves on the ground.

12/3/15

So a lovely and warmer day today.  From ice to 50s, one extreme to the other.  My image today is from the ice event and as can be seen in the photo, the ice became quite thick as the days went along.  This is branches of one of the Rose of Sharon bushes that I have covered in ice and making rather abstract shapes.  The color comes from fallen Sycamore tree leaves.  We were quite lucky that we did not lose any more branches or power than we did with as much ice as we got.  It did provide for lovely images though.

12/2/15

We had crazy weather yesterday.  It started out nice and sunny and then late in the day got cloudy and then when I was going to a meeting in the evening it was snowing!  Didn't last long thankfully.  Today started out lovely and so far stayed that way.  :-)
I took this image on Sunday when the ice was at it's peak I think.  The waterfall in the limestone cut near where I live was flowing very nicely due to all the rain we had received before the ice and during.  I took this image of it and processed it in HDR to bring out details.  I'm not sure what was causing the color in some of the water flow, my guess was rock debris as I did not see anything else to make some of it that color.

12/1/15

Well, it's the first day of December and finally had some sunshine so a good start to a new month.  The ice is finally gone and it's warming up during the week as well.  This is an image on our property of an old shed with some character that I took an image of in among the icy trees.  We were lucky that we only lost small branches and power for only 2 hours.  Others were not so lucky.  It was beautiful even though destructive at times.