Snow landscape January 2009

Snow landscape January 2009, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

This picture I think is so pretty!

frozen in ice

frozen in ice, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Day 30 pic - Glad I took this picture as today it looks very different.

Hardy

Hardy, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Day 19 photo - This is the alpha dog in our 4-dog household. It is rare to find him calm and this photo captures it. You still can sense his attitude.

Knee deep

Knee deep, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Day 18 photo - After record cold for days, the snow arrived! In the end we had 2 feet of snow.

Duke

Duke , originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Day 17 pic - Let me in! He does not handle the cold very well and would rather stay inside than brave it. He will run in and make a lap around the room before settling down in front of the fireplace!

sheep

sheep, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Day 16 picture: Winter will just not go away. Extreme cold and even more snow is on the way. I think they do not mind being locked in right now. I know I don't.

This is being posted on the 18th. We now have 2 feet of snow and have had quite a bunch of winter.

candles on a cold night

candles on a cold night, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Day 14 photo: Too cold to go out and get a bunch of wood for a fire (plus keeps rest of house cold.) Candles will do the trick. This is one of the coldest snaps this country has seen in years. We are expecting two hour delays for school. the kids of course would like an actual snow day!

leo

leo, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Day 13 photo: The gecko on the prowl for crickets. Leo belongs to my son Ryan. It is a good thing the pics of the pinky mice being eaten were fuzzy. Cool but gross.

Clean desk

Clean desk, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Day 12 photo: Monday 1/12 was clean your desk day! This is as good as it will look!

Shovel more here...

Shovel more here..., originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Day 11 photo. After shoveling comes a little playing. A buried child makes an easy target!

Buried

Buried, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Day 10 photo. Poor squirrel statue buried under the fallen snow.

Last artifact of the holidays!

Last artifact of the holidays!, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Day 9 photo. The lonely wreath still stands. All the other decorations are put away.

Blast of winter - Day 8 photo

Blast of winter, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

After Christmas with no snow, finally some white on the landscape! Yesterday, ice and no school! Today, 2 hour delay and off to school soon. After snapping picture, wanted to play outside with the dogs!

As fresh as it gets! Day 7 photo

As fresh as it gets!, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

These are eggs from chickens on our small farm. Unless you have had farm fresh (day old), you have no idea what you are missing!

Still of winter - Day 6

SSPX0009.jpg, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

This tree is just so still, conserving energy, waiting till Spring...

Winter leaf impression

SSPX0008.jpg, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Hats off to my son, Ryan who saw this great shot on a walk with the dogs. This picture was taken on 1/5/09. The leaf must have originally been on the ice but as warmer temps caused it to melt, it fell below . Cool effect!

jake

jake, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Share the road

Share the road, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

Enough said.

Farm fence line

Farm fenceline, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

After the edge of our woods is a great fence line along my in-law's property. On the edge of the woods (behind the photographer), is an old stone fenceline that is very old as well as remnants of old barbed wire fence.

Happy pups

Happy pups, originally uploaded by hurricanemaine.

This is really how the dogs walk. They line up this way and turn quite a fair amount of heads in the process. The larger brown dog on the left is actually my nephew's dog.

Joined the 2009 365 photos group on flickr

As part of a 365 photo challenge posted on twitter, here are a few local pictures. This challenge will be a great way to get back into taking pictures. I used to take loads of pictures but have fallen out of not only picture-taking, but scrapbooking.

These pics are actually from my sister-in-law Jennifer Sizemore, though...

1. I will post more than 365 to make up for them not being mine.
2. consider the one of the dogs as "mine" as I had to walk the dogs in order to keep them in their line.