18 January 2010: Is It Spring Yet??

Spring? Not so much. Freakin' cold again - yep, that's the ticket or icicle.

9 January 2010: Frozen Tundra

We ventured out today for a drive because the sun actually came out for a bit and the sky was blue.  Amazing after 12 straight days of snow!  It was frigid out.  I had a hard time getting the camera to work, not to mention my fingers.  The pains of photography are never-ending...first I broke my ankle and now frost bite!

7 January 2010: Lost Little Lady

We found a ladybug in the house to our surprise since it is January and they are usually not around in weather this cold.

5 January 2010: Only A Foot(ish)

Apparently Syracuse and Fulton, NY have been mentioned several times on The Today Show and I have had a few people contact me asking if we were buried in snow. Luckily I live about 20 minutes south of Syracuse which is 30 minutes south of Fulton. Fulton has gotten about 4 feet of snow, Syracuse about 2 feet and here in Jamesville...ONLY a foot.

Luckily we have good and plenitful snow plow drivers so our roads are clear and there has not been a run on milk and bread at the grocery store. We are working on day NINE of snow...luckily it is the light fluffy lake effect snow. The kind that does not accumulate quickly and come down even when the sun is out!

4 January 2010: Just Keep Snowing...

Just Keep Snowing...What does it do...It snows...It LOVES to snow...LA LA LA LA LA LA. Sub-reference to Finding Nemo and Dory's rendition of "Just keep swimming".

It has been snowing here since I returned from RI on December 28! Not heavy snow...just annoying constant snow.

3 January 2010: Window To The Cold

365/3Yeah...so it's another window looking outside. It is NEGATIVE 8 out there with the wind chill. I am not venturing out in that cold if I don't have to!

2 January 2010: Look Into My Crystal Window

365/22010 arrived with a cold front! So is it twenty ten, two thousand ten, twenty dime? What are you calling it???

30 December 2009 Photo: Frequent Flyer Miles

Memories of childhood came flooding back when I saw this sled at a store in town. Obviously it is not an original but I immediately associated this Flexible Flyer with hours of fun in Wilcox Park in Westerly, RI. Did you have a Flexible Flyer? Did you ever do the running belly flop onto the sled? I was out running errands today and froze...how is it I stayed outside for hours upon hours playing in the snow as a child and never thought about how cold it was?

Here is a little history about the Flexible Flyer: http://www.ehow.com/about_5087180_history-antique-flexible-flyer-sleds.html

14 December 2009 Photo: Hot Air/Cold Air

While it is not officially winter until next week, the cold air has moved in and the only hot air in my world is dreaming of the summer balloon festival.

22 November 2009 Photo: Pushing The Season

Yes, I know it is a bit early to be decorating for Christmas. Last year we FROZE when we put up the outside lights so we decided to take advantage of today's warmer than usual weather. Since it was 54 degrees today, we were able to be outside without having numb fingers, toes and noses.

16 October 2009 Photo: Weather Gone Wild

We got a dusting of snow in the wee hours of the morning. How do I know when it happened...I was up from 3:30 - 5:00 AM while it was snowing. It did no even cover all of the grass so I am not sure you can even count it as "the first snow" of the season. Either way, it is October 16th which is WAY TOO EARLY for this white stuff. So please go away. Actually the sun is already out and shining so hopefully it will be gone before too long!

25 February 2009 Photo: I'm Melting...MELTING!!!

I love icecles and and have fond memories of breaking them off as a kid to eat and smash on the ground. I have been trying to take pictures of them all year for this blog. I have seen icecles of all shapes and sizes including one that started at the roof of the house and went all the way down to the ground. I took many photos of them, but I never liked the ones I took...until today!

The sun was catching the icecle just right that it was starting to melt and believe me that is a miracle beacause it is still cold! It took several tries, but I caught a finally drip in the frame of the photograph. I could hear the voice of the wicked witch in my head as I was watching it drip...I'm melting...melting! Truth be told - I am ready for them to melt all the way, ever last one of them. Bring on the spring!!!!

5 February 2009 Photo: Spring Thaw?

Don't let the rushing water fool you. It is not really a spring thaw. It was absolutely frigid today but I did find a waterway that was not completely frozen over. This is not too far from our house and I saw it as I was driving home from being away all week.

As I was traveling home, I realized that I am very ready for spring. The lack of color, dirty piles of snow, salt covered car and cold ard really starting to get to me. So when the spring thaw truly happens, I will be jumping for joy!

15 January 2009 Photo: Baby It's Cold Outside

You expected another cold weather picture...sorry to disappoint. It is FRIGID in central NY and pretty much in most of the U.S. (except Southern CA of course). The high today in Jamesville, NY is supposed to be 4 degrees! Are you kidding me?!?! I am really glad I didn't make that trip to Minneapolis today where it is -25 degrees! So to add a touch of heat to the blog, the dried hot peppers came out of hiding from their little container. These are actually peppers I grew in the garden 2 years ago and they have been drying ever since. Luckily I don't have to go out anywhere today and my heat is working so I think I will stay put and get some work done!

12 January 2009 Photo: Be Yourself!

I am embracing the snow...like I have a choice! We currently have at least a foot on the ground here in Central NY so you will likely see more snow photos before the winter is done. So is it true that no 2 snowflakes alike? Here is what they say at CalTech . And there are some pretty cool galleries of snowflake pictures from someone with the right technology to take these pictures. Here is my attempt to capture the individuality of each flake. If you click on the picture, you can see some of the flakes up close.

5 January 2009 Photo: Night Vision

Today just about got away from me with the craziness of getting ready for the semester. In trying to keep with my photo a day project, I decided to go outside and do some night photos - not a big deal if you live in Florida, but in Central NY I could get frostbite. Of course it may have made sense to put a jacket on before I went outside.

As you can see, I fibbed a little when I said we were taking down our Christmas decorations...we got all of the inside ones down (that took about 4 hours) but didn't get to the outside decorations yet so this was the subject of todays photo. I did used a tripod and the timer to keep it in focus. The more I look at this photo, I think we may actually leave those lights up as we use that patio a lot when it's warmer!