We had our second major winter storm this weekend. When I went out this morning, the temperature was still below freezing, so the ice had not melted from the trees. I just had to pull over and take a few photos with my iPhone for everyone to enjoy. Let me know what you think.
It is a grey, icy morning in North Carolina. Another of those winter storms is passing through, leaving a beautiful coating of ice on all of our trees, bushes, sidewalks, and roads. We have already had several instances of power blips, possibly presaging an outage. I thought everyone might enjoy a few photos of a tree ice sculpture created by nature.
Sunday Trees is a weekly challenge offered by Becca Givens on her wonderful blog “On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea”. Follow the link to see other Tree posts for this week.
North Carolina Zoo, August, 2013.
I looked out my dining room window this morning to discover a magical coating of frost on my lawn and shrubs. The sparkles in the sunshine were beautiful. Here are seven photos that try to capture that magic.
The final photo captures an area of the lawn in the sunlight where the frost has melted but still lingers in the shadows of my trees. If you look closely, you can see my neighbor out for a morning jog with his dog.
This is my first entry into RyanPhotography’s Photo for the Week challenge. I thought I would go for something a bit dramatic.
Then I thought it might be a bit too much, so here is something a little more soothing:
Which is your favorite?
I went back into my archives for these three photos for this challenge. I wanted pictures that really depicted having fun and included a little lime or light green.
Now tell me. Weren’t those subjects having fun?
You can join the fun at Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge by following the link.
This large mouth black bass weighed in at 2.1 pounds, or just short of one kilogram.
The fish was absolutely delicious.
The incredible story of the Star Spangled Banner.
Post Solar Eclipse cool down in the pool.
