Project Blizzard

When life sends a blizzard, throw snowballs. Welcome to my second installment of Project Blizzard!

I spent part of January sans car while the arthritic 4Runner got new U-joints, and I spent part of January without my beloved Nikon so it could be dust-free and freshly calibrated to seek out The Wave in Utah next month. So my photo opps this month were more limited than they have been in ages. Which means I had to put out even more effort trying to find extraordinary reasons to smile via photographs. A goal, I might add, worth more than words can ever express.


Got my 60-mile day on January 2. All kinds of smiles! Every flavor imaginable!


This photo was taken a couple of days before Christmas and shared in last month's Project Blizzard.


January 17


January harvest. They don't reach 12 inches at this altitude, but still mighty tasty!


Sizzle!


Whole wheat pasta, turkey burger, black beans, kidney beans, tomato sauce, chipotle powder, fresh home-grown basil, cilantro and oregano, purple onions and home-grown (in Colorado!) fresh New Mexico Big Jim peppers. Chili Mac Extraordinaire!


This was shot with the dinosaur Fuji S5000 I have to use when my Nikon's in the shop. At the age of 9 years old, clicked more than 100,000 times and NEVER serviced, this little guy doesn't do half bad. Just doesn't have any focus control.


The little Fuji again. I was thankful I didn't miss the sunrise, even though I couldn't get the camera to duplicate what the Nikon can do.


The last dusting-required sunrise photo for what I hope will be a long, long time.


My fun distraction while the Nikon was being serviced. The shaping is coming out so cool!


A fun distraction while car AND camera were elsewhere.


Another fun distraction while car was in surgery.


Finished last night.


A fun distraction from white snowflakes.


Four of our 14 Christmas cacti are still blooming! My favorite is the hot pink one The Lizard bought for me, my first, while I was in the hospital after emergency back surgery in 2004.


Two weekends ago, I worked in the indoor garden, now consisting predominantly of plants I brought inside prior to our first freeze last August. Some of the plants knew it was winter, even though they enjoyed our indoor climate, and faded into the no-green/no-grow zone. I emptied the withered pots, potted fresh soil and planted marigolds and Icelandic poppies. The poppies are pleased!


Cinnamon basil was among indoor transplants who knew it was time to go to sleep. So I planted new. Seeds are sprouting!


The clove trees were dormant through most of November and December, but January's minuscule increase in daylight stimulated them back into new leaf production!


My camera's sensor is once again clean.


Best of all, the 2012 Ride the Rockies route will be announced in just five more days!

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