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  ¶ 3:38 PM

 

On February 12th, 2010, it snowed... again. I have seen more snow in Alabama over the last few weeks than the last decade. Most people hate it, but I do not. I even went out and played in what snow we had. No, the above photos are not of me thrashing about on the ground trying to make my cripple snow angle look like he had not just fallen from the sky. The photos are just what was out there. They span all day ending with one really nice sunset.  ¶ 12:19 AM

 

Since it was bitter cold, damp, and gray day, I decided to go on a photowalk. You may have noticed that I did not go alone.  ¶ 6:07 PM

 

I don't remember when we were last above freezing. The above photos were taken a few days ago. I believe it was day five below freezing. The photos are of ice from our pet's outside water bowl; I knock the ice out of the bowl and refill it.

It has since snowed... sort of. We were not lucky here*. We got a dusting of snow, but it was enough to cause driving problems. Basically, black ice.

Everybody has been pretty much frozen in place since this "cold front" has come through. Monday, we will probably breach freezing and rid ourselves if any kind of ice problems. School should resume. Life should resume.

* Lucky is relative. The slight snow did not cause any troubles. There's the luck, but the flip side, the bad luck, is that there wasn't enough snow to cause any joy, any fun times, any play time, etc. The last time I was able to build a snow man was back in '94 I believe. That's a long time ago.  ¶ 3:18 AM

 

'Tis the season. I went over to my friend's Saturday night and took some photos of their tree and Mother Mary shrine. Most are long exposure stuff because of low light. Plus I like the "glow" that longer exposure gives. See if you can spot the photo where my friend Melissa, aka the ghost of Christmas present, jumps into a shot.  ¶ 2:40 AM

 

It snowed. No, I'm serious. It really snowed tonight. It did not stick, of course. Chunks of snow did fall from the sky, and I took the above photos. Most are night landscape slow exposure stuff, but a few are just random flash shots, which did capture the snow orbs. Snow orbs are the souls of recently departed pets. Mostly hamsters. No? Okay, they're just chunks of snow caught in the flash like dust but bigger and more Catholic.

Seriously, all the above photos were taken tonight. The difference between the rich night shots and the snow orb shots were exposure and flash. I'm just as shocked as you are.  ¶ 3:29 AM

 

The Christmas Tree. The last photo was the tree about 75% decorated. Also, I may have tinkered too much in Lightroom with the photo. Oh well. 'Tis the season to tinker.  ¶ 11:44 PM