Snowflake Day

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Snow day!

Lizard and I have been walking each morning prior to me boarding the train for work. We've had several little storms already this season, and each time, I wished I could take pictures in the snow and of the snow and flakes instead of going to work. I always dread the moment I have to head for the train.






Two days before Thanksgiving, my dreams for this year came true! We got a full-fledged snowstorm!!! Almost everything in the Denver metro area closed for the entire day! Yay!


Snow was actually accumulating!  The wind was howling. I wondered if the birds would be able to get to their food without a little human assistance.


Yes, indeed, they sure could!


We enjoyed watching the birds feed on the store-bought seeds as well as leftovers from my garden until it warmed up enough for me to try to shoot some snowflakes.


At 9 degrees, my gloved fingers didn't make it too long. 58 photos, to be precise.






I got 20 acceptable photos out of the 58! Not too bad!






Then it came time to shovel. No one in the neighborhood had shoveled early in the morning. Why should they? It was still coming down, about two inches per hour, and all the schools were closed.


I dropped my template in a sheltered area with no wind near the back door and was shocked to see only a foot. I had guessed the accumulation atop the car looked to be about 16 inches.


I measured again in the driveway before we began flinging all the white stuff into the garden. Do we quilters know our stuff or what?!?

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Snow Day!!!

11 inches plus 40 mph wind equals... SNOW DAY!

That kind of storm is too icky to go out in, but conditions are ripe for snowflake photography.

Well, sort of.

Here's my set-up, for those who are curious. I'd been using a handmade blue glass dish as my snowflake background, but this time I was more conventional. I used the glass from a 5x7 picture frame. I set up in the garage with the garage door open only about two feet to protect me and my equipment from the wind.




Temperatures right at the freezing mark and relentless wind don't create ideal photogenic crystals, though. During the hour I spent shooting, most of the 71 shots I snapped resembled something like this.


All winter and spring, I long for a day I can take my time and shoot snowflakes. I finally get a whole day, and the wind destroys my royal subjects!






Oh, well. I guess there will be plenty more storms with plenty more flakes to shoot. Or shovel...

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Dreaming of a White Halloween

Snow day! Snow day! Snow day!

Yes, I live at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, but we don't get these often. It's a real treat to be able to stay warm, stay out of traffic, get some work done around the house, and take some white pictures!!! (And shovel snow, and shovel snow, and shovel snow. Then shovel some more!)

The bird feeder when I got home yesterday.

The bird feeder before daylight this morning.

"Will you come out to play?"

Even the park benches are happy about the accumulation. Check out that teethy grin!

The reward for shoveling even more snow!

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