Thursday, December 27, 2012

Sky Watch - Christmas skies

 
Late afternoon, December 22




Christmas morning

 

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Header Challenge - Red and green

When Tom chose red and green as the theme for this week's header, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And that was our Charlie Brown Christmas tree that Marianne bought years ago. It is about 16 inches (40 cm) high, with a single red ornament. I had the header ready Sunday. Then the Christmas Eve snow fell and suddenly I had a second green and red image for a header. I asked Marianne which she liked and she liked both. So this week I changed two headers. The one above is for your vote, but you can see the other one on Lew's pics.
 

There are plenty of choices of red and green this time of year, perhaps a bit of our Christmas tree or some of the snacks.


Monday, December 24, 2012

Our World - Christmas Eve snow

The winter strom that dropped lots of snow across the US reached us with a little snow and fog. Maybe 2 inches fell and the temp is around freezing, so the snow is not likely to stay long. More snow is expected Thursday.

A very merry and safe Christmas
to all in your World.
 



Thursday, December 20, 2012

Sky Watch - Clearing skies

On Tuesday our skies were clearing. Today the clouds are back and dropping water, but not the white stuff that hit the folks west of here with blizzard conditions.




Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Header Challenge - Almost a great shot

Earlier in December our cats got very interested in something in the front yard. I glanced out and saw two squirrels chasing around trunk of the tree. By the time I got my camera. The squirrels had stopped on opposite sides of the tree and I got individual shots of them. Then I zoomed wider to get both.
 

 I ALMOST get the shot.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Our World - Holiday windows

Windows in Frederick are decorated for the holidays, And these also have reflections of buildings on the other side of the street. A night shot of the first one also appeared on my Header challenge post last week. 




Friday, December 14, 2012

Sky Watch - Spires in the sky

My camera is acting up and not wanting to click the shutter. So, here are two shots from April. Above is a shot of the twin spires of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and below the spire of Trinity Chapel. The third shot was taken last Saturday.