Thursday Challenge—"shadow #2"

Somewhere in Rome on a sunny
winter day . . .

[To see more of the Thursday Photo
Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

Today's Flowers

I know these don't look much like flowers
right now.  But in two or three months
the frozen buds on this dogwood tree outside
my window will burst into bloom and 
the tree will be covered with pink blossoms.
Meanwhile . . .

[To see more of Today's Flowers, go here.]

Weekend Reflections

Last Saturday, it snowed—again.
Sunday morning everything was encased in ice.
Then the sun came out and it all began to melt.  
Unfortunately, by Monday morning this 
puddle was solid ice—again.

[To see more Weekend Reflections, visit James's meme.]

It won't be too long

. . . I hope.  I'm getting pretty sick of this frigid 
weather—a wind chill of -7°F (-22°C) when I woke 
up on Friday—and am looking forward
to daffodils popping up and flowering trees
like this one coming into bloom.  (I took this shot
on March 17 a few years ago, but that was a 
much milder winter than the one we're having; I'll
be curious to see when it blooms this year.)

[Linking back to Today's Flowers
and Shadow Shot Sunday.]

The Weekend in Black and White

It was early—and chilly.  But right now I'd be
willing to bundle up if I could park myself there.

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

Brrrr!

I've had enough of bundling up to 
deal with this Arctic cold—with lots of
snow and, yesterday, freezing rain—and am so 
ready to wear skirts and cute shoes again!
What's the weather like where you are?

[Today's Thursday Photo Challenge is "cold."
To see more, visit Dale's meme.]

Weekend Reflections

I recently traveled from Virginia to NYC on
the train (where business class is actually
affordable and you don't have to remove your
shoes before you board).  I found this somber
winter reflection just outside Washington, D.C.

[To see more Weekend Reflections, visit James's meme.]

Back on the Bridge

We had a few just-nice-enough mornings
and the bridge beckoned with blue skies
and long shadows—then it snowed again. But
soon enough I'll be able to do this every day.

[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

When I went to visit my "backyard" garden (Brooklyn
Botanic) recently on a sunny but very cold day, it may
have been the very first time I was able to take photos in the
pretty little lakeside pavilion of their Japanese garden
with not another soul around to wander into my shot.

[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.]

country sunrise

Another gorgeous morning in Virginia.
The show didn't last long—I had to run out in my
jammies to get this shot.  Fortunately, the nearest
neighbors are some very nonjudgmental horses.

[To see more Skywatch Friday pics, go here.]

Waaay Up North

I chose this photo (taken by my daughter Katie)
for today for a few reasons:  It's up above the Arctic
Circle and that makes me think "cold" and that
reminds me that today is the first day of winter;
it's barely 20 degrees from the North Pole
 and that makes me think of Santa, who'll
be here soon; and in one week Katie and her
sister Lila will be headed in the polar opposite
(so to speak) direction on their way to Antarctica!

[To see more Skywatch Friday pics, go here.]

Skywatch Friday

The sun was making a valiant effort to
break through on this overcast winter day,
but I'm afraid it was a losing battle.
Am I ever ready for spring!
[See more Skywatch here.]

Snow Job

I keep posting pictures of snow and saying this 

is the last of it. Maybe this time it's true.

Some of us (mainly grown-ups) are pretty sick

of the white stuff, but it did make for 

some fine sledding and snow-fort-building 

in Prospect Park this past weekend.

[This post is part of That's My World Tuesday—

see more here.]

That's My World Tuesday

And recently my world has been all about the

snow. Took this a week ago, early in the

A.M., from my bedroom window. What melts

as soon as it hits the ground in Manhattan stays 

around for a week in Brooklyn. Was

hoping that this was the last snow 0f 2009,

but I hear we may be in for a bit more this week.

[See more of That's My World here.]

skywatch Friday

It was frigid when I took this shot, and there was

snow on the ground. But I feel like you'd know 

that even if I didn't tell you—somehow, this picture 

just says "winter" to me.

[See more Skywatch pix here.]

abc wednesday - B is for "berries"

When I was down in Virginia recently, it was

VERY cold—which made waking up to the sight 

of this beautiful little holly tree 

right outside my window even more special.

[See how others interpreted "B" here.]

country roads revisited

I showed you this in the summer, but

here it is again, seen through the slats of the

old fence—and just as beautiful 

in the cold, I think.

icy

I hear (through my fave blog, Paris Daily Photo)

that it's freezing in Paris right now—

and we've had a bit of a cold snap

ourselves this weekend.

At least we haven't had our gas heat

cut off by the Russians!