snow day...

If the rare snow finds its way anywhere near here, we enjoy it.

This old truck is so photogenic.









Auditioning for next year's Christmas card?

Click on this one and you will see the blue sky and sun reflecting in this drop of snow.

happy new year...

Here's to peace, time with the ones you love, happy hearts, giving more and expecting less.

{click to make photo larger and on black background}

on candy canes ...

I love photographing the season. I always have. This week, I can't seem to get beyond candy canes.

"We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup."
...Buddy from Elf

a little bit of Christmas is starting to show...

Getting to the Christmas stuff is a big deal around here. I don't even try any more. My tastes have changed so there are fewer boxes than in years past. I like a simple look. Everything is in a storage room, up too high. I have never liked step stools, much less ladders so it is worth waiting until W can help me. However, there are a few little things that I have tucked away here and there while I am waiting for the weekend to decorate. These were my antique store treasures found at junk store prices in July. Just looking at this gives me a little holiday cheer.

irises don't know they aren't supposed to bloom in November...

And for that, I am grateful...

a little more autumn...

A sigh of contentment...

it never lasts long enough...

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." George Eliot
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My 365 (well, 366 this year) project -A Photo A Day Keeps the Blues Away- is finished. The weather is amazing. I hope to post here more often. Thank you for your patience.