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Sunlight in the Snow

Helena — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:02:22 +0000

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Have a wonderful weekend!

No Sand in Sight

Helena — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:47:54 +0000

I had hoped that with all the warm days we’ve been having, that maybe I’d get a glimpse of sand at the beach, but no such luck. The water looked almost inviting, except for all that ice around the edges. :)

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Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Sunday Sunrise

Helena — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:42:11 +0000

I was wide awake at 5:30 a.m. this morning and after checking the temperature decided it was warm enough (-3C) to head out and see if I could capture a sunrise shot or two. This is one of the better ones:

Funny thing is, out of all the times I’ve taken pictures of the cemetery from this vantage point, I’ve never noticed the little church there before. I guess it’s because I’m usually doing lake shots from this side in the summer, and everything is pretty much hidden by the leaves.

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Have a wonderful day!

Frosty Morning Revisited

Helena — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:43:34 +0000

These were taken early in the morning on January 20, 2009. It was definitely a much colder, snowier winter last year:

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Have a wonderful Wednesday, whether you’re outdoors or staying warm inside!

At the Canal

Helena — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:51:37 +0000

We finally had a day nice enough to get out of the house. My son had a hankering to go skating so while he was reacquainting himself with the ice, I decided it was a good opportunity to take a few pictures. :)

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Have a great day!

Everything’s Freezing!

Helena — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:36:18 +0000

…including my brain. :) I’m finally done all my Christmas shopping and safely and warmly inside for the night. I wouldn’t have been out at all today except…

I did a really dumb thing yesterday.

I was supposed to finish up all my shopping yesterday, and I had one last store to go to. I hopped in the car and headed out to a store I rarely shop at, but had some gift certificates for. I got about halfway there and realized that I forgot the gift certificates… they were still sitting on my desk. So what did I do?

Instead of heading home to get them and then back to the store, I stopped at the lake to take pictures instead. :)

The lake looked so pretty with its first coat of ice…

Even the cattails are frozen…

And since the Thursday Challenge theme today is “light” I couldn’t resist this shot of the sunlight on the lake…

And just because I didn’t want to finish the day without doing something a little Christmassy, here are a couple of the decorations along our street:

So my trip wasn’t a total waste of time yesterday. I just didn’t get any shopping done! :)

Have a very Merry Christmas!

Winter Beauty

Helena — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:17:57 +0000

For me there’s not much that’s more beautiful to see than ice forming on fast flowing water. Enjoy :)

For more wonderful images to delight your sense of sight, check out:
Watery Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday
Outdoor Wednesday
White Wednesday

Happy Holidays!