Could it be? More snow? (365 # 54)

We are waiting for snow-as much as 8". As we wait, I sit out my second cold of this winter season -watching, with my eyes closed, the lovely "Singing In The Rain". Made me cry- must be the fever I had ! I have always loved the magic of Gene Kelly . Besides just being amazing, he makes it look so effortless & filled with joy. Basically, he makes me want to learn to dance. 

On Thursday evening I printed up more silkscreens and had to hang the biggest mylar prints to dry on my window. Here Nicki sits, peaking out from underneath prints and between plants, watching the very first flakes of this Sunday Morning.

This Thursday Eve I also began printing next year's Valentines! Here is what color # 1 looks like. I am still figuring out just how to proceed with color #2! 

365: #38-at winters end...

I RAN home from work and RAN out to take more photos and spend more time in the COLD! As I look at the weather forecast for the next few days I see warmer temps and rain...maybe this is the last snowfall of this winter? So I tried to capture scenes that would remind me of what it all looked like and felt like. It was the visual equivalent of  the process squirrels go through in fall  as they  find and then store acorns for eating  in the coming  winter. 

I love footprints , of any kind (and even tire tracks) in snow. 

I love the way snow settles onto tile roofs. 

I love the way the setting sun glimmers among the cold trees.

I love how this particular type of snow sat atop everything and is still there, one day later.

I love the way bare bark looks against the snow. 

I love the way still attached tree leaves look against the winter background. 

I love the way poor Job looks in this setting. I think he was made to look up at God in the bleakness of winter time. In the lushness of summer, his plight will not seem so valid. (but stay tuned and we will find out, together.) 

I love how the intertwined tree tops look against the sky. Be sure to look up before  spring comes and all is green and leafy. 

There are some things photographs  could not capture and that is were words come in: 

I love the silence snow creates. It is an audio buffer to all the sounds created by life. 

I love the many different sounds made from walking on snow. (You can blame my love of radio for this.) Do you know what snow sounds like? Have you ever stopped to listen? 

I love how the air smells and feels. It wakes me up! It makes my face rosy. 

Last but not least: I love how snow has made me SEE this winter. Really look at things, sometimes the same things day after day. You really see when you start to look in that way. And I think you begin to appreciate all that is around you when you really see it for all that it is.  I have spent my whole life in N.Y. and I am so glad as I have gotten to taste and appreciate each and every season in all it's glory ,power & beauty. 

365 # 37-41

Today-SNOW!!!!! As I stepped out into the white winter wonderland I realized how boring everything looked yesterday and how amazing  the same views looked today. I guess I am going to have a tough few weeks as the landscape transitions to spring and bloom. 

There are pine forests in the park and in the areas of oldest growth the trees are fighting for sunlight and all of their lowest branches are missing. 

This is the 11th snow of the season & the beauty of it all leaves me hoping it is not our last snowfall. 

365 #14,15,16 & 17

More snow fell today leaving everything covered in a fluffy layer of white. On my daily walk I came across this bench-someone had laid newspapers down so that they might be able to sit down . The coffee cup has been sitting atop a wall for several days, it's blue color calling to me. It just looks so odd & so right covered in snow. The foot prints are from a staircase that crosses over an old rail road bridge . The first photo is taken from the bedroom-love the color!

365 # 13

We got more snow today . This ghost - a remnant from Halloween, danced in the wind and flakes all day. Poor guy!

365 #12

On my walk today I came upon a snow angel. This is what a several days old snow angel looks like!

365 #11:1/15/2008

Today's images were the result of my favorite factor:snow! I also  love how light-in this case sunlight-effects things, creating interesting shadows...

365 # 6,7,8,9 & 10

I took a great walk today and was bombarded by unusual sights as I scanned the  landscape, covered in a thin dusting of snow & ice. I love how snow transforms everything it touches.  This time of year everything can be camouflaged in shades of brown & gray . Even a little bit of snow gives shapes definition and drama. 

365 #5

Snow, snow, snow.We were supposed to get as much as 10" but it now sounds as if it might all be washed away by morning. Only time will tell.