Winter

So one of my goals for 2010 is to both get better at using my camera and to get better at photoshop. To go along with that there is a challenge called "you capture" hosted over on the "I should be folding laundry" blog. Each week they get a new challenge... and I am wanting to play along. Not sure if I will make it every week, but we will see...

This week's goal is to capture winter. Winter this year has equaled a longer run of colder temps than we have had in many many years... more snow on the ground and for longer than anyone can remember... a white christmas that meant getting to the celebrations was hard... and getting so incredibly tired of being inside that I took my camera to the local park when it was <1 outside and took pictures for over an hour. My fingers were cold.

There is a lake there in the background... I so wanted to go sliding around on it like the people on the other side but I couldn't even step off of the road without being in snow over my boots




I totally want to string lights around this tree and make it a giant christmas tree. and seriously? What determines what branches get snow? I love the dusting...

I am so going to find this bench sometime when there isn't 6 inches of snow on it. Doesn't it just look like it is perfect for a good book on a sunny day?