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Sunlight in the Snow

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

For more wonderful reflections, be sure to stop by Weekend Reflections, hosted by James.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Shadows on the Snow

Helena — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:22:50 +0000

We definitely had a lot more snow last February than we have had so far this year. This was taken in early February 2009, and was in a series I’d forgotten about because it was stored on a different computer. The first one is the original, straight out of the camera. This morning I had the urge to make it black and white, and I almost think I like that version better. What do you think?

I’m multi-tasking on the meme front again today, and playing in Scenic Sunday, Shadow Shot Sunday, and Straight Out of the Camera Sunday. Please do go visit the other participants as well … they’re much better photographers than I am! :)

Have a wonderful day!
Oh yeah, Happy Valentine’s Day too!

A Country Drive

Helena — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:00:40 +0000

Last week I mentioned that I was going to try and get out of the city and find something besides the parks and rivers in town to take pictures of. It didn’t go as well as I’d planned because there was just too much ice built up on the sides of the roads to pull over but we did manage to snap a few shots:

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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:

For more wonderful images of water and the great outdoors, visit Watery Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday.

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

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!

More Treasures from Sunday’s Hike

Helena — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:23:32 +0000

Just a few more treasures from my walk on Sunday…

For more wonderful ruby treasures, visit Ruby Tuesday.

Have a wonderful day!

Wintery Watery Zoo Views

Simple Pleasures

Helena — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:20:39 +0000

Fresh snow, the smell of pine trees, being able to outside when I want to … I am so much more at peace with the world and with myself when I take time to remember the simple things and the pleasure they give… :)

Have an awesome Monday! Visit Macro Monday for more amazing photos.

I Feel Better Now

Helena — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:44:08 +0000

There really is nothing like tramping through the snow for a couple of hours to get rid of all the negative energy and stress. I feel so much better now. :)

Here’s just a couple of the shots I got. There are a lot more that I’ll post over the coming week. :)

The really nice thing about this afternoon too was that my son brought his camera along. He’s a much braver photographer than I, both because he’s not afraid to go out on a limb to get a shot, and he uses a manual camera.

I’m really looking forward to seeing how his pictures turn out. I think it’s going to be very interesting to see the similarities and differences in how we see and shoot the same scenery.

And now I’m going to spend the rest of the evening catching up on visiting everyone else’s blogs since I’ve been lax in doing that this weekend.

Have a wonderful evening!

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Wintery Watery Zoo Views

Helena — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:19:35 +0000

A few more views from our trip to the zoo. :)

For more photographic fun, check out Wordless Wednesday, Watery Wednesday, and Outdoor Wednesday.

Have a wonderful day!

Snowy Sunday Afternoon

Helena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:41:04 +0000

So I had this other post all ready to go with more archived shots this morning when my son suggested getting out of the house for awhile. We ended up at the zoo wandering around in the snow for an hour and it was a really nice afternoon. These are straight out of the camera, as you can see. At some point I’ll take the time to try and remove the fence lines, but not today. :)

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Have a wonderful day!