Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Winter's Reflections



One thing I have learned as I near my 200th post, don't hoard photos. I've tried to adhere to the one photo a day rule and now I'm left with a zillion photos that I wanted to post but DIDN'T!  I'm thinking I am going to use the photos that I think you might like and so be it. Break the rules and suffer the consequences ( or as I said many times as an educator, " I'll ask forgiveness, not permission!").  When Eric comes to jerk my blog out from under me for posting too many photos in one day, I hope there will be an uprising of sorts.  Till then, let's have some fun!

Yesterday I ventured back to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.  It was late afternoon - chilly, overcast, and mizzly as all get out.  Not a day to stroll the gardens but I loved it.  An added bonus - the puddles that were mirroring some nice reflections.  I stayed until some of the lights came on.  Interesting photos to be had at that hour.


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The Tune du Jour is " Once Upon a Time" by my friend Michael Dulin!

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Feathers

Feathers against the sky.


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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Winter's Fingers


Those of us lucky enough to live in Alabama during the winter months ( we are not going into summer weather!) are  spoiled rotten.  We can't relate to snow shovels, snow blowers, snow tires or any other nonsense pertaining to gobs and gobs of snow for 4-5 months of the year.  Oh every so often we have temps that dip into the 20's but by the next week, you could be taking your walk in just a sweatshirt.  Last night rumor had it we would have the dreaded "WINTER ADVISORY". Ohhhhh, will the schools close?  Will we be stranded with no bread or milk??? What ever will we do?  This morning I actually ran to the window and threw up the sash praying for some snow to help ease my photographic deficit.  Ahhhh, false alarm, nada!  I saw some frost on a few leaves but that pretty much wrapped it up.  So for those of you in the hinterlands blowing, shoveling, slipping , sliding and busting....well you know, my prayers are with you . I lived through an Iowa and a Wisconsin winter.  As we say down here, "Bless your hearts."

The Tune du Jour is "Sleigh Ride" by Amy Grant
Some of you out there may get a sleigh ride before it's all over!

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Pansy Planting Time




Here in Birmingham, it's time to get those perky pansies in the ground.  What a visual treat they are set against winter's drab backdrop.  I am always fascinated that this delicate plant stubbornly survives freezing temperatures and last year, even a quick snow.  I took these photos in October with the morning dew still clinging to their petals.  

The Tune du Jour is "O Come Emmanuel" by Michael Dulin

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