frozen

Until the last few days it’s been a frozen tundra here in the Midwest. Almost every week we got dumped with snow, and with temperatures staying well under freezing, the snow had no chance to melt. This made for perfect conditions in which to do my favorite cold weather activity: hike to the ice falls. Last winter we didn’t really have a long enough cold stretch to completely freeze the creeks and falls, but this winter we did. It was so great to get outside and see the falls!!

One of my favorite things about the ice falls is the color of the ice when the sun is shining through them.

This next picture is from a series of pictures I took of my daughter. It was snowing the most beautiful big, fluffy flakes, so we hurried out to our backyard to grab some pictures.

My next image is of a beautiful snow covered tree that was illuminated by the street light. I spotted it as I was driving into my daughter’s school’s parking lot one evening on the way to pick her up from theater rehearsal. It stopped me in my tracks and I had to get out and get a picture of it.

This next image I took a few weeks ago when I decided to take a drive down to the river to enjoy the sunset.

We have woods behind our neighborhood, so after the most beautiful snowfall that left our neck of the woods looking like Narnia, my son and I had to go explore the winter wonderland. The snow didn’t last long as the temperatures were too high, but it was absolutely stunning while it lasted.

These last two images are a little throwback to previous Share Six challenges. They were two of my favorite images, and what with the theme, I couldn’t help sharing them again.

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Happy New Year!! Can you believe it’s 2018?!? Time is certainly flying!

This month’s theme is Winter Light. Here in the Midwest, winter can be pretty drab. There are no mountains to grace the landscape. It’s a lot of flat land, and where I’m located, it is flat land that is barren from crops being harvested. So when there is no snow on the ground, everything is brown and drab. People think I’m crazy, but I LOVE the snow, and that is one of the reason’s why. It’s transforms the landscape from drab brown to glistening white.

One thing about the winter light is that the sun is not directly overhead. It’s path across the sky is a bit lower, giving winter days a whole different feeling than summer days. The shadows are long.

When the sun is shining, the snow looks like it’s sprinkled with diamonds. The skies are often beautiful blue creating a gorgeous contrast against the white snow.

Because of the beautiful blue skies, the blue is reflected off of the snow and ice that is in the shade. Here is a picture of the pond behind our house. I just love the way the water froze in such a unique pattern. The sun was very low in the sky so the pond was in the shade and everything was a beautiful blue hue.

Then there is the glistening of the frost on the windows. How incredibly stunning!

The sun was once again low in the sky, so the upper part of the background in this picture was in the sun and is warm tones and the lower part was in the shade so it fades into a light blue.

Here is another shot. While the entire background of this one was in shade creating a beautiful blue hue throughout, I love how the facets of the frost picked up on the golden light of the setting sun. It made a perfect highlight to the frost.

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Share Six | Frozen

Share Six | Winter Light