Some like it hot, some like it cold.

I'm not saying that I don't like winter, or cold, or snow, or any of those things. I'm just saying that given the choice, I really don't see where the top photo shows any desirable attributes compared to the same scene below.  The wagon may or may not still be in the same place out there--who can tell. I started my garden seeds in the basement today, and I sure as heck didn't get my peas planted on valentine's day.  I realized how bad it was when the local weatherman noted that we have only had three days where it was above freezing this year!  I think I will go out and try hard to find something pretty in the snow to take a picture of!

Let it snow!

Since it is still cold and miserable with spring months away I decided to look at the pretty side of winter.  This image is one taken (obviously with a flash) during a particularly heavy snow.  I have seen the lovely spheres (simply out of focus snowflakes) described as "orbs" by those who prefer to believe in supernatural causes (see ghoststudy.com!), but I don't think I was being attacked by spirits when I took this photo. In some ways this is prettier than the photomicrographs of the snowflakes.