1 March 2010: Dreaming Of The Warm Sun

With all this snow covering the deck and the topless gazebo, it is hard to think that it is going to be warm again...someday! You can see the gazebo in all it's summer glory here: http://wide-angle-lens.blogspot.com/2009/05/23-may-2009-photo-summer-dreams.html and dream of the warm summer days with me.

20 February 2010: Drip Drip Drip

This building must not have very good insulation with all these drips hanging around!

2 February 2010: Angry Groundhog

The Groundhog came out of his hole this morning...saw that people were trashing his ground and made sure his shadow was seen. Six more weeks of winter for all of you!!!

23 January 2010: AFLAC

I went and met up with a bunch of the members from the Syracuse Photographers Association today at Websters Pond. Apparently these ducks and geese didn't fly south either.

The first one reminds me of the AFLAC duck and the second one - well... A duck walks into a pharmacy, and asks for Chapstick. The cashier says, "Cash or check?" and the duck says, "Just put it on my bill."

18 January 2010: Is It Spring Yet??

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

10 January 2010: Life's A Ditch

Today we went back out the the frozen tundra/winter wonderland. The skies were bluer, the sun was brighter and I was ready for more photography! It was even more magical than than yesterday...that is until I drove into a ditch! I assumed the edge of the road was solid because it was a few hundred feet before...but alas it was a soft shoulder. Thank goodness for AAA...they were there in about 20 minutes. Bill napped in the car while we waited and I walked around the road doing guess what...taking photographs!

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???

29 December 2009 Photo: Footprints On My Heart

The snow has returned and we picked up Mona at the dog sitter's yesterday. She had a good Christmas but is not so thrilled with the snow. Her poor little paws get so cold because she is one of those dogs that does not have much fur on the bottom of her feet. We may have to buy her some little booties.

17 December 2009 Photo: Winter Weeds

There is not much growing these days in Central NY except the weeds. They sure are hardy!

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.

16 January 2009 Photo: Winter Wonderland

As I was taking today's picture, I thought about how cold the people must have been yesterday that were in the plane that went down into the Hudson River. It was called Miracle on the Hudson and it truly was as the pilot skillfully put down the plane in a way that all passengers and crew survived. Now if USAirway could hire people who were as adept at handling baggage, it would be a great airline. Seriously, kudos to the pilot and I am relieved that everyone came out of it alive.

This photo is of a property near our house. Hopefully the people inside did not think I was casing the place. While I keep saying I am sick of winter, snow and cold, it is beautiful when the sun shines so bright on the snow and the sky is so blue!

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.