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Virgil
Very nice photos Idril. Did you heighten the contrast somehow?
I did on some, otherwise the trees just looked gray. I didn't increase the contrast in the first one with the penguin type thing and you can see those trees are definitely less defined. It was so gray and foggy that day and the vividness of the dark trees against the pristine white of the snow and ice didn't translate very well so it needed a little help.
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Janine
Idril I loved those. I like that white wilderness feel to them...the lake must be really awesome to venture out on.
A frozen lake really is fun to explore and the truly great thing about it is that it's different every year depending on how and when it froze, if it was sudden or slow, it was was windy or still, if snow was falling while it was freezing. The disappointing thing about this year is that it was covered with so much snow so you couldn't see all the bubbles and cracks in the ice and I think it muffled all the moans and creaks because a frozen lake is usually a fairly noisy place but it was very eerily quiet this time.
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SQ, can you imagine if Bushy and her sister and Brooke were to play together - they would all be so cute. She loves her books like your neices love theirs. Oh by the way, isn't her hairdo a riot? Her other grannie made a tiny ponytail at the top...sort of was falling out.
Her little ponytail is adorable. Bushy never allows us to make her a ponytail.
Yes, the thought of three little kids playing together is very interesting. Hopefully they won’t tear the house down. :lol:
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Snowqueen
Her little ponytail is adorable. Bushy never allows us to make her a ponytail.
Yes, the thought of three little kids playing together is very interesting. Hopefully they won’t tear the house down. :lol:
Hi Snowqueen, I can't wait to tell you this. Has Bushy or her sister ever hide from their parents? My son and his wife came in the house with Brooke the other night; she had just been to her other granny's house and perhaps they were playing 'hide and seek'; they set her down, to go put groceries away; suddenly they could not find her; I guess they were in a panic searching through the house. Their house is not that big; but anyway, they found her upstairs (the little devil climbed the stairs herself) and was hidden in her room under the rocking chair. When they found her she thought the game was sooo funny. I would have had a heart-attack myself! I said to my mom, my son's grandma, who "does she take after?'...we both agreed that my son at her age had a very ornery streak in him. Once my mom told him, as he was playing with his bowl of spinach, "Sean you might as well dump it on your head!" - he looked at me and her very devilish and accomodated - wish I had a photo of that moment now; it was hilarious.
Yes, three together might do a lot of destruction to the house! haha...glad now that Brooke was not twins. As to her hair, she will let them do anything to her - she loves hats and she loves bows and hairdos - she is already a little princess.
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Idril
I did on some, otherwise the trees just looked gray. I didn't increase the contrast in the first one with the penguin type thing and you can see those trees are definitely less defined. It was so gray and foggy that day and the vividness of the dark trees against the pristine white of the snow and ice didn't translate very well so it needed a little help.
A frozen lake really is fun to explore and the truly great thing about it is that it's different every year depending on how and when it froze, if it was sudden or slow, it was was windy or still, if snow was falling while it was freezing. The disappointing thing about this year is that it was covered with so much snow so you couldn't see all the bubbles and cracks in the ice and I think it muffled all the moans and creaks because a frozen lake is usually a fairly noisy place but it was very eerily quiet this time.
Idril, I know exactly what you mean by different types of ice or formations when it freezes. I live in a house bordering a lake; been here my whole life minus 3 yrs. We went ice-skating every winter as a kid and if it was windy and it froze the ice was all ripples and bumps - no too great for skating. If it snowed on the ice it melted beneath and also ruined the surface. If it was dry snow it could shoveled away to make a little rink. Best ice of all was pristine virgin ice when the water froze after the snows and it was still out, not windy. We had some great memories on the frozen expanse of ice. The ducks didn't have such a great time when it was frozen for too long; my one friend actually used to go and chip them out of the ice to rescue them....poor things...she saved many a stranged duck! Nowday, the ice is hardly ever frozen long enought to make for good skating. Right now it's ice but ruined by the last snowstorm...it just looks like ugly gray. If it snows it actually will improve the appearance and it will look like a vast space of white something like the photos you posted...would make for some good photo opportunities anyway.
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I'll throw my hat in the ring with the snowy pictures.
Per usual New England mid-December shenanigans, we here up in the Northeast been getting dumped on with copious amounts of snow since early, early Saturday morning. Never one to miss an early morning trek through a blizzard, Elliði and I woke up at the crack of dawn (which was a wee bit of an effort after a long night of sipping vodka and enjoying the storm), geared up, and made our way into the Esker.
The Esker houses the Back River, which is a brackish river connected to a herring run which flows into a fresh water pond on one end, and a couple miles down river it flows into Hingham Harbor, and eventually the Atlantic. Being a salt marsh, there are hundreds of little outlets which cut into the marsh from the river. One of these main outlets, a little stream, is what separates the bulk of the Esker from the area near the gate. There is a small, hand-crafted crossing which we call the Boyscout Bridge, as traditionally that's who built it (not anymore, however).
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4843/76981762.jpg
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/6664/17553680.jpg
Once you cross the bridge, you're now in the marsh and much more separated from my neighborhood, which also sits in the marsh, but on the edge of it. When we got across, we had found that the snow drifts on that side were almost three feet deep, some up to my midsection. We had a blast pushing through it. I fell into a couple of sink holes along the way, not being able to see them with the snow; and Liði, ever the Northern dog, happily threw himself into the slushy water to cool himself off a few times.
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3838/viiv.jpg
After about an hour of hiking, we made our way along the river and to a large field which houses an abandoned Cold War-era factory. So we dug in and had our breakfast in a cozy little hole in the snow drifts.
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5923/22032456.jpg
It ended up being a great hike. It was the little man's first snow storm, and we finally got to test out those big *** snow shoes of his that he calls paws. This is why I love the winter.
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3696/iiix.jpg
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8297/viiit.jpg
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First of all, that is one beautiful dog and I'm not even really a dog person! :lol: What breed is that?! And the pictures are beautiful! I hate winter, which makes the fact that I've lived the majority of my life in the frozen north very sad, but I love pictures of winter. That looks like a wonderful place to wander in, especially with such a magnificent dog!
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Thanks for the countless kind words, Idril.
The dog, my dog, is a Japanese Akita Inu. He's only a few days shy of six months old, so he's stall largely a pup. The little dude's my best friend in the entire world.
And you have to learn to embrace the winter, my friend! I'm not exactly sure where you live, but I can relate to the frozen north sentiment. Having now endured nineteen (currently on my twentieth) frigid, nine month-long New England winters, I've learned you either live in spite of it, or on behalf of it. So when it snows, I don't coop myself up; I gear up. Blizzards are more fun when you're pushing through them as opposed to sitting inside and brooding over the nature of the weather.
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Molpadia
Thanks for the countless kind words, Idril.
The dog, my dog, is a Japanese Akita Inu. He's only a few days shy of six months old, so he's stall largely a pup. The little dude's my best friend in the entire world.
And you have to learn to embrace the winter, my friend! I'm not exactly sure where you live, but I can relate to the frozen north sentiment. Having now endured nineteen (currently on my twentieth) frigid, nine month-long New England winters, I've learned you either live in spite of it, or on behalf of it. So when it snows, I don't coop myself up; I gear up. Blizzards are more fun when you're pushing through them as opposed to sitting inside and brooding over the nature of the weather.
I have a dog that is part Sheba Inu but I like yours better. ;)
New England winters have nothing on what goes on here. I lived in Boston for a time so I have experienced a New England winter...although I will admit that Boston winters are probably among the mildest as far as New England goes. You guys can get a lot of snow but you don't get the cold temps. I live in North Dakota and our winters are just ridiculous. It's not the blizzards that bother me so much, it's the insanely low temperatures. It was a mere -17 degrees when I got up yesterday morning, this morning we are having a bit of a heat wave, it's a whopping 3 degrees above zero! The day we were out on the lake it was around 20, which is fine and manageable but when the blizzard blew in, it was -20...needless to say, I stayed inside, brooding over the nature of the weather. :lol:
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Well, I can't argue against that. You guys definitely have the more extreme winters, for sure.
What New England has on everyone is that the weather is just an exaggeration of the season all around. The winters are really bad and long (though as I said, not as bad as yours'), the springs are a drown out of rain and cool temperatures for weeks on end, the summers are short but scorching hot up into the upper nineties with a hundred percent humidity, and the fall is just typically more cool rain.
So while the weather's not the worst in every category, it's just bad all around.
Edit: Oh, and Shibas are awesome! They're actually bred from Akitas, but as you know, smaller. Mine will be about 120-35 pounds or so fully grown.
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Fabulous pictures Molpadia, especially that first one. The haze really gives it a great texture. Love your dog too. He looks great, and nice to know your face. I actually thought you were female. ;) That beard is definitely not one to grow on a woman, at least not one who's not in a circus. :p
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Well, I'm honored to have established my gender amongst you people.
And my beard is my most valuable asset this winter. The lumberjacks, Vikings, and Amish had it right with storm+mighty beard=face insurance.
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Well, I'm honored to have established my gender amongst you people.
And my beard is my most valuable asset this winter. The lumberjacks, Vikings, and Amish had it right with storm+mighty beard=face insurance.
:lol: You look very good with that beard. I look terrible with one. The one time I grew one, I could see everyone snickering at me. :D
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Hey Snowy. They are amazing shots. Thanks for sharing.
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Hey Snowy. They are amazing shots. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Mary.
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Wow Snow. They are awesome.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=5993
This is something my dad took. Not intentionally, but it is nice.
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Heathcliff
Wow Snow. They are awesome.
This is something my dad took. Not intentionally, but it is nice.
Thanks and its a beautiful sunset.
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hi Snowqueen!!
oh my GOD!!! These are superb,i really loved the one showing dew drops on the web..it looks like a pearl necklace. Brlliantly captured..good job dear
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Very nice Snowqueen, each for their own reasons. Nice colors Heathcliff. Thank you both. :)
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s16amir
hi Snowqueen!!
oh my GOD!!! These are superb,i really loved the one showing dew drops on the web..it looks like a pearl necklace. Brlliantly captured..good job dear
I second that! I love these, too and especially that cool web dew-drop necklace...
Snowqueen, you outdid yourself on these!
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Heathcliff
Heathcliff, I guess mistakes can turn out pretty interesting...cool photo!
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Thank you. Generally, I don't take photos, not ones that I don't photoshop, anyway.
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Virgil
Very nice Snowqueen, each for their own reasons. Nice colors Heathcliff. Thank you both. :)
Thanks Virgil. :)
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Janine
I second that! I love these, too and especially that cool web dew-drop necklace...
Snowqueen, you outdid yourself on these!
Thanks Janine you have made my day.
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s16amir
hi Snowqueen!!
oh my GOD!!! These are superb,i really loved the one showing dew drops on the web..it looks like a pearl necklace. Brlliantly captured..good job dear
Hey it’s so nice to see your post here. I thought this day will never come. ;)
Thank you.
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Virgil
Very nice Snowqueen, each for their own reasons. Nice colors Heathcliff. Thank you both. :)
Thanks Virgil!!
I've got to give credit to Snow's though. Totally awesome, particularily the spider web one.
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Meet me in London Town....
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Snow in Maryland? What? (This was taken partway through "Snowtorius B.I.G." and does capture the full effect)
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs187...._2011384_n.jpg
Getting stuck with a bunch of people who have never seen snow before? Build a snow cave!
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs187...._8175816_n.jpg
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Haha! Must have been horrendous Huricane. You got a ton of snow.
Nice pictures Kafka. What is the second picture of? I don't recall that when I was there.
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Virgil
Haha! Must have been horrendous Huricane. You got a ton of snow.
Nice pictures Kafka. What is the second picture of? I don't recall that when I was there.
That's London County Hall:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Hall,_London
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Wow, tons of snow down there in Maryland, too. I have to get with it and post some of my snow pictures here...we got snow on snow and icky ice in-between. Car just got dug out and now I am snowed in again. I wouldn't care but I need to get to the drugstore...hummm....a little problematic.
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Thank you. I guess I didn't see that in my short stay in London. The building is quite striking. My compliments to the archetect. :)
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Janine
Wow, tons of snow down there in Maryland, too. I have to get with it and post some of my snow pictures here...we got snow on snow and icky ice in-between. Car just got dug out and now I am snowed in again. I wouldn't care but I need to get to the drugstore...hummm....a little problematic.
We got 18 inches. This is two days in a row i didn't go into work. I spent all afternoon digging my car out. At least the sun is out and it's relatively warm. Hope you didn't get too cloberred again. :)
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Virgil
We got 18 inches. This is two days in a row i didn't go into work. I spent all afternoon digging my car out. At least the sun is out and it's relatively warm. Hope you didn't get too cloberred again. :)
Wow, didn't know you got that much up there, Virgil. Yes indeedy, we once again got clobbered! This time in-between the blizzard, we even had sleet - very nasty stuff. Our poor neighbor has blown our walks three times this year. Our other good neighbor has dug out the car as many times. He was here today. I need to get to the drugstore before it snows again....I don't think they are predicting anymore until about next week.
I was getting some photos together now to post tonight. I have to break though to go and make us dinner. Be back later on.
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Snowqueen, Kafka, Hurricane, Heathcliffe-great pictures.
I heard Maryland got 40 inches of snow!!! A friend of my son's lives there.
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http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...thenight/D.jpg
His first snow, the others where in the barn, he wouldnt sstay... will post the video of him trying to kick the flakes later. :P it was cute. than he tried eating thim and they got up his nose...
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Oh how pretty!!! That's a great picture Steph! :)
By the way, just for giggles, I'm going to post this smilie because I don't think you should ever do this to your horse, and because I'm not sure if I will ever get another chance:
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Lovely snowy Moondancer http://smiles.kolobok.us/artists/just_cuz/JC_cheers.gif
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I think I am seeing triple today....is there three horses above this post? :lol: I love that photo, Steph.....your horse is so wonderful. I love horses; they are such gentle animals. Wow, you got a lot of snow for Texas, didn't you? It sure looks pretty there. I can't wait to see the video. I can imagine how amusing it must be. How old is he? He looks young.
Virgil, you are terrible. Steph hates that emoticon!
Ok, here is what the storm looked like in NJ; I am thinking this is the second one...didn't take anymore after this past one that added more to the accumulation.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...Feb085copy.jpg
Edit: I have more to come...have to reduce all the file sizes...
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I'm sorry Steph. I was only kidding around.
Janine - that's definitely worse than over by me. But not by a heck of a lot.
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Virgil
I'm sorry Steph. I was only kidding around.
Janine - that's definitely worse than over by me. But not by a heck of a lot.
Yeah, but that photo was taken before the 3rd storm; so you can add another 10 inches or more to the snow already visible in my photo. I haven't taken anymore since...actually, that's not true...some I took from the inside the house, which I did take the night of the last blizzard and they are still in the camera. I just need to download those and downsize for the net.
Ok, here's some more shots...remember second snowfall...before this weeks blizzard.
In the front yard looking towards my neighborhood. You can tell how deep the drifts are by the fences; some were even deeper than the ones in my photo. The one roof shot shows how uneven the drifing was.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...2010Feb087.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eb089copy2.jpg
Backyard from looking over the roof and out the upstairs window.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eb079copy2.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eb084copy2.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eb077copy2.jpg
From our back picture window in the living room at night.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eb103copy2.jpg
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:thumbsup:Excellent pictures Janine. We never really get snow here so I'm a little jealous!:biggrin5:
