Weekly Header Challenge - Cold

It's time for the Weekly Header Challenge!

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Lew 

I'm joining in the group above for this weekly challenge.

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Theme ~ Cold

It has certainly been cold this winter!  And I have certainly been cold.  There's no more appropriate theme for this week, especially as I'm typing this while two sons are out shoveling the driveway, and Fernando is fighting snowstorm traffic to get another to the train station for his trip downtown to UIC.

I chose the below image for my header.  I took this one through a car window while out running errands.  I was not driving.  :)

December 29, 2010

About 15 minutes before the above picture, I convinced my driver to stop along the road to get a scenic shot of the white-encrusted landscape from the ice storm the night before.

More Theme Images

Cold means that there's not much red on the thermometer.

January 21, 2011

Cold means frost on the garden plants.

January 15, 2013

Cold means snow blowing and sticking on the window (the start of a blizzard).

February 1, 2011

Cold means staying indoors, and taking a picture of the blizzard from the comfort of a warm house.

February 1, 2011 - 10:02pm

Cold means frozen downspouts.

March 7, 2013

Cold means no more sitting on my bench.

November 25, 2013

Cold means no more gardening.

March 7, 2013

Cold means no grilling.

February 3, 2011 - The Blizzard +1

Cold means tromping--it's no longer called walking.  ;)

March 7, 2013

Cold means shoveling snow (or taking pictures of someone else shoveling snow!).

January 7, 2010

Cold means beautiful icicles sparkling in the sun.

February 14, 2010

Cold means watching flocks of birds scrounge for food in my back yard.

January 27, 2011

Cold means a wintry, barely seen sunset through the snowy trees.

January 21, 2012

Cold also means bundling up really, really well for a day at the sledding hill.

January 9, 2010

Finally, cold means frosty snow on the sidewalk, and an opportunity to play with editing a bit.  :)

February 16, 2011

Brr.  Please stay warm today!!


Treasuring life's moments,
Christine

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Back Yard Thaw

When I feel comfortable running around outside in a jacket, well, then there's a spring thaw going on.  :)

Melting snow on the patio

Y'know, there are so many great photographers out there, but anyone can grab a camera and search for something to shoot.  And when you look--sometimes you really have to look--a new world opens up.  Each crystal of snow, every grain of sand in the concrete, one blade of grass still standing after the snowstorm.  Just look.  Enjoy the marvelous world of a spring thaw, close up.  :)

Melting snow -- edited to look like...?

Macro =  dead plant pushing up through the snow

From Afar = a beaver's den (that's what it looked like to me!)

Dormant woodland hydrangea

The sidewalk is revealed

I love the shot above not only because my eye meanders down the sidewalk, but also because I know that the sidewalk curves only slightly.  But the snow reveals Danny's best effort to clear a "one-lane" path along the front of our yard in the days following our blizzard.  :)

Living life; capturing life.

Christine

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Scripture & A Snapshot -- Out of the North

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Scripture & a Snapshot!

Out of the south comes the storm,

And out of the north the cold.

From the breath of God ice is made,

And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

Job 37:9-10

Sometimes the freezing temperatures cause ice and frost to cover the trees.  This happened a couple of weeks ago, and I was able to capture some of it with my camera.  This is one of my favorite shots.  :)

Living life.
Capturing life.
Christine

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