16 Things About Winter
Winter may not be my favorite season, but here's 16 reasons why it's still a good time of the year!
ABFriday: Stone, Water and Sky
It’s once again time for After-Before Friday, hosted as always by Stacy Fisher over at Visual Venturing. To see other pictures from ABFriday, click here. It’s always fun to check and see the many variations that happen each month! On the left is the original photo; on the right is how the photo looked after I…
Lessons From Grandma’s Fur Coat
Winter has settled in here in central Virginia and it’s finally gotten cold enough to wear Grandma’s fur coat. A fat girl in a fur coat looks even fatter yet, but I was the grandchild who fit best into her lovely mink coat. My favorite boy toy and I were dating when my grandfather bought it for her. In that…
Winter Is Finding Orion’s Belt
What is winter? There’s the usual of course – snow, cold & ice; hot tea & hot soup; turning on the gas fire at night. But one thing that signifies winter to me above everything else is the return of Orion in the night sky. As much as I love the night sky, I don’t…
Taking A Walk In January
I got off work early enough on Saturday to take a walk at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. Not too surprisingly, the gardens were fairly empty. The temperatures have dropped considerably and the wind had a bite to it. I hadn’t intended to wear my winter coat to walk, but did so as I’d left my…
Freeze Is Often Welcomed
What a week! An earthquake on Tuesday and a hurricane on Saturday. Everything is fine – we lost power for about 12 hours but had no damage from that or the wind & rain. Here’s my post for today: The first freeze in the fall is often a welcome event. I’m ready for the garden to…
Well Water Is the Pits
Growing up and living in rural areas means having well water. I know there are places with good tasting and safe to drink well water, but I didn’t have that. My childhood home had water that stunk like rotten eggs – yep, sulfur – and was so mineral laden is could ruin any appliance or…
Stark Trees Reveal Birds Nest
During my daily walks this winter, I often searched the stark naked tree branches for interesting patterns to photograph. The lack of leaves revealed this little beauty one day. I loved that I got a pretty sky, shallow depth of field, and sharp resolution to make the nest pop out. Word for tomorrow – ORDER. If…
Large Fire Makes It All Better
One of my goals this year has been to write more diligently in my daily journal. One thing that helps me to do this is to get up early and go to Cracker Barrel for a quick breakfast and then sit there to write for a while. I love to start my Saturday mornings by…
