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Originally Posted by Michael T

:thumbsup:Excellent pictures Janine. We never really get snow here so I'm a little jealous!:biggrin5:

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Thanks Michael T! Considering I didn't leave the house much to take these...only got as far as the front step...I guess they didn't turn out half bad. At least you all can see how much snow we did get. As a kid, we loved playing in the snow. So sad, Michael, that you have never experienced it. Like Hurricane in Maryland, I loved building igloos and snow caves...what great memories I have of that era of my life. Now I hide out in the house - too frigid to go out, but it's nice and cozy inside when it snows.

Now that is a lot of snow Janine. I don't envy you. Hey, that second to last picture. Did you climb out on the roof to take that? :p

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Now that is a lot of snow Janine. I don't envy you. Hey, that second to last picture. Did you climb out on the roof to take that? :p

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See, it is a lot of snow (surprised you can see tonight; wasn't it a little blurry :eek2::lol:)..NO, I didn't climb out on the roof...not in a snowstorm silly. I held the camera out the bathroom window. I guess the zoom lens kicked in. I just noticed that; I hadn't cropped the photo at all. When I was younger and thinner, I did used to climb out on the roof, come to think of it...but in my sitting/den room, which has a sort of window-well. I climbed out to clean the outside of the window. hahah...how did you know?

Edit: alternate answer - yes, I climbed out on the roof, took the photo and then ski jumped off the back roof slope....are you impressed yet? :lol:

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Originally Posted by Janine

See, it is a lot of snow (surprised you can see tonight; wasn't it a little blurry :eek2::lol:)..NO, I didn't climb out on the roof...not in a snowstorm silly. I held the camera out the bathroom window. I guess the zoom lens kicked in. I just noticed that; I hadn't cropped the photo at all. When I was younger and thinner, I did used to climb out on the roof, come to think of it...but in my sitting/den room, which has a sort of window-well. I climbed out to clean the outside of the window. hahah...how did you know?

Edit: alternate answer - yes, I climbed out on the roof, took the photo and then ski jumped off the back roof slope....are you impressed yet? :lol:

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:lol: Sign her up for the Olympics. :D

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Originally Posted by Janine

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!

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Virgil, its ok. to each their own

janine, Moondance is 6 he has the bone structure of a 3 year old becuase he was malnurished and beat as a foal all the way up until last year when we got him. That is also why he is as small as he is. We really did. if we got that much snow I would cry. people in East Texas; freak out over what we got. our 6 inches shattered records. Everywhere was out of water, battaries, gas everything. :svengo: :out: :svengo: that much and like wow, texas would panic

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Originally Posted by Virgil

:lol: Sign her up for the Olympics. :D

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:lol: Can I have a parachutte? I could break my neck skiing off my roof...once for me was enough!

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Originally Posted by stephofthenight

Virgil, its ok. to each their own

janine, Moondance is 6 he has the bone structure of a 3 year old becuase he was malnurished and beat as a foal all the way up until last year when we got him. That is also why he is as small as he is. We really did. if we got that much snow I would cry. people in East Texas; freak out over what we got. our 6 inches shattered records. Everywhere was out of water, battaries, gas everything. :svengo: :out: :svengo: that much and like wow, texas would panic

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How funny, 6 inches was freaking out Texans, Steph? That's a dusting here! I didn't panic at all this time. I figured I was off the hook for a few errands I really didn't want to do anyway and staying in was kind of cozy and nice...it was a good rest period. I did feel sorry for those who had to shovel...that is no fun. But, I am now getting cabin fever this week. Eekkk..they are predicting another storm next week...'enough it enough' by now!

Moondance is so cute and I love the name. I am sorry to hear he was once abused, and for that many years...that is horrid and very sad. I always cry when I watch Black Beauty when Ginger dies of abuse. Glad he found a good home with you at last...he's totally sweet looking.

Moondance is beautiful Steph. Please accept my apology again. I have this streak in me that has to make a joke of everything. I go over the line sometimes. God will eventually get me. :mad5:

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Moondance is beautiful Steph. Please accept my apology again. I have this streak in me that has to make a joke of everything. I go over the line sometimes. God will eventually get me. :mad5:

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Yep, he will....he's always catching up to everyone! :lol:

These are wonderful pictures Janine

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Originally Posted by Janine

yes, I climbed out on the roof, took the photo and then ski jumped off the back roof slope....are you impressed yet? :lol:

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WOW! I'm impressed.

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Originally Posted by Virgil

:lol: Sign her up for the Olympics. :D

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You are absolutely right Virgil; she seems to be a gifted athlete. :lol:

Hey thanks qimissung!

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Originally Posted by Snowqueen

These are wonderful pictures Janine

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Thanks, Snowqueen. I have more to come; I have to reduce them for online. I should take my camera with me today, when I venture out to the pharmacy. I might run into something good to photograph.

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WOW! I'm impressed.

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Haha...we are kidding about this but seriously my next door neighbor's son used to dive into a 4 foot pool off the back of their roof. I thought they were surely crazy to let him do such a dangerous thing. Unbelievably he did survive.

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You are absolutely right Virgil; she seems to be a gifted athlete. :lol:

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Oh yeah, very gifted...did I fail to mention on hitting the snow..I then quickly ?....sort of a tri-athelon feat...after reaching other side of the lake I snowboarded my way home. Yeah, right believe this one and I will tell you all another.:lol:

Wow Janine, that's a lot of snow, and so pretty (esp. the roof one)- kind of jealous since we ended up getting less than an inch and had a snowless snow day D:

Here are a few pics from the recent storm that passed through Texas. I realize this pales in comparison to what the northeast received, but we did in fact break the local snowfall records.

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_1378.jpg

Path in a Snowy Wood
The path leads to a small clearing and reading bench:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_1391.jpg

Our winding creek:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_1381.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_1384.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_1387.jpg

Gilliatt

Oh, Gilliatt, these are stunning photos. I was breathless at that first one....the trees are so coated with snow....a real wintery wonderland. The creek ones are beautiful, too. You must have a great camera...the resolution is wonderful. One night here, during the second storm, the trees looked like this somewhat. It was snowing too hard to go out and take the photos. Last snowstorm came from a different direction and so our fir tree was coated only on one side. Unfortunately, I didn't get a photo of that either.

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Originally Posted by samercury

Wow Janine, that's a lot of snow, and so pretty (esp. the roof one)- kind of jealous since we ended up getting less than an inch and had a snowless snow day D:

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How funny, you had a 'snowless' snow day...well, not really funny for you. Here they have often predicted here that we will have a big exciting blizzard and nothing happens. This year they seem to be spot on. I like the roof ones too. My rooms are right opposite that roof and so when it snows I see it at a glance and it's very pretty to watch. My whole window well was filled up with a big drift both times. I will post some more photos. I am a lazy photographer though; I tend to stay in when it's so frigid out and so I had to open windows and put my arm out with the camera to come up with these. Maybe next snowstorm I will actually venture out in my backyard to take some better shots.

Some more snow photos; all of these were taken out the windows; I am a lazy photographer....like being warm and toasty inside the house, thank you.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eb080copy2.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...10Feb08222.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eb0912copy.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...010Feb0922.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...010Feb0933.jpg

Those are fabulous pictures Gililatt. I can't believe that's Texas!

Those are absolutely beautiful. :D

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Originally Posted by Janine

Some more snow photos; all of these were taken out the windows; I am a lazy photographer....like being warm and toasty inside the house, thank you.

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:lol: Well, you'll never get a Pulizter Prize. :D

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Originally Posted by Virgil

:lol: Well, you'll never get a Pulizter Prize. :D

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haha...I wasn't trying to be; I just wanted to document the snowstorm further. Gililatt's gorgeous professional looking photos are a hard act to follow.

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Originally Posted by Janine

Some more snow photos; all of these were taken out the windows; I am a lazy photographer....like being warm and toasty inside the house, thank you.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eb080copy2.jpg

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Really like this one, it looks so peaceful. And taking pictures from the inside when it's cold outside is so fun :D.
Janine- they were predicting a blizzard this time to (up to a foot of snow and really windy), so all the schools didn't want what happened last year to happen again and decided to give us a snow day, which ended up being pretty pointless.

We dont get snow. it drops below 50 and you have mass panic. and major winter storm alerts. texas does not do snow. never really had it.

yes moondance is my little love, he is very sweet. thank you for the kind words towards him

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Originally Posted by Janine

Oh, Gilliatt, these are stunning photos. I was breathless at that first one....the trees are so coated with snow....a real wintery wonderland. The creek ones are beautiful, too. You must have a great camera...the resolution is wonderful...

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Originally Posted by Janine

Some more snow photos; all of these were taken out the windows; I am a lazy photographer....like being warm and toasty inside the house, thank you.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eb080copy2.jpg

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Those are fabulous pictures Gililatt. I can't believe that's Texas!

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Originally Posted by Heathcliff

Those are absolutely beautiful. :D

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Originally Posted by Janine

haha...I wasn't trying to be; I just wanted to document the snowstorm further. Gililatt's gorgeous professional looking photos are a hard act to follow.

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Thanks all for the comments !
Janine, It's good to see you made it through the storm and Virgil too I suspect.
It's funny you mentioned my camera.
It is actually an older model Canon Powershot 520; not a lot of bells and whistles with that one. I try to compensate with the natural light I'm given and the framing of the shot. Mother nature takes care of the remaining 90 percent.

Don't sell yourself short, that first photo of the tree is very intriguiging and illusory.
I like that one quite a lot.

Gilliatt

Thanks Gilliatt. I have a Canon, too...it's new this year...it's actually 12MP. Before that, I had and still do have an Olympus Camedia - only 1.3MP, but it really took good pictures; especially closeups.
I actually have to do more work with the higher pixel camera, because of knocking the file sizes down for the internet. I bought the Canon, because my son has one and their photos always turn out great. My son has higher end cameras, too, but he said he usually ends up grabbing the little Canon (so lightweight) when his daughter does something cute. My camera is red; what color is yours? :lol: Typical woman question.

Thanks for the compliments. I though that first one came out sort of neat, also. I think the glass was fogged up and that is why it's difused like that. Bare branches and the patterns they make are always good subjects. I noticed in your first photo just how heavy those branches are with snow. It's a wonder they didn't break off and block the roadways. That can be really hazardous. It happened about 25 miles north of my house; trees even came down. My friend said it was like a huricane. I am glad we escaped fairly unscathed, although now the plowed mounts of snow are problematic. I had trouble pulling out of the driveway today; kept scrapping one. AND I heard a rumor that more snow is predicted for Tues night into Weds...ekkk...that will prove more difficult yet.

Oh, how nice! It's wonderful to see everyone's photography here! :yawnb: Janine, lovely colours in your winter photographs!

I take to photography myself, and I'm quite enamoured with it... Here are a few of mine, from my Flickr. (I use a Canon Rebel XTi)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/...5b9d5769b3.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/...8f15e77b05.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/...2d7b92d81b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/...5ed318e02b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/...9e3b79f48e.jpg

My dear Janine, those are fabulous.

And Scented Letters.... Love the dog. Woof to you.

Those are outstamnding pictures Scented. I assume you're a professional.

Scented Letters, I am greatly impressed with you photos. They are truly amazing. The dogs hairs are so distinct on the last one. These do look so professional. Sounds like you have a high end camera. You really have an eye for good composition and design.

and..Thanks for the compliments, Mary.

Gilliat, Steph, Janine, Scented Letters, awesome, stunning, beautiful. Thanks for sharing your little corners of the world.

Your horse is beautiful, Stephanie; I would have loved to see him trying to eat the snow and then getting it up his nose.

Janine, I love that you took all the pictures from the windows of your house. I loved looking at your neighborhood through your eyes.

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Originally Posted by qimissung

Janine, I love that you took all the pictures from the windows of your house. I loved looking at your neighborhood through your eyes.

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Thank you, gimissung...I sort of intended it to be that way; also I must admit when it's snowing out or even just frigid, I would prefer to stay inside and be a hermit and stay warm.

Scented Letters I like the second and the last especially. Very nice!!

These are wonderful pictures Janine. I have found out, you are a good photographer.

Amazing shots Scented Letters. :thumbs_up

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Originally Posted by Snowqueen

These are wonderful pictures Janine. I have found out, you are a good photographer.

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Thank you SQ, but I don't think these reflect it. I was merely trying to document the showstorm. If I ventured out I might be able to get some better more artsy shots. I have a new camera but don't quite know how to use all the features yet. It's pretty fool proof though...with 12mega pixels it's hard to go wrong. Also it has an authomatic setting, although I didn't use it for this. It is suppose to adjust the color so they

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Amazing shots Scented Letters. :thumbs_up

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They truly are beautiful and so artistic. I also looked at your photos in Flickr and they are wonderful. You are a very talented photographer. Maybe you can give me some pointers sometime.

My darling nieces.

It's Shinu.
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...Bano5/Pic6.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...Bano5/pic7.jpg

Now Bushy, watching the ducks quite intently.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...no5/Pic2-2.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...Bano5/Pic4.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...5/Picture1.jpg

Snowqueen they are absolutely adorable.

Such angels... :rolleyes: :nod: :D

Snowqueen, these photos of your neices are wonderful. I love them best. They are the cutest little neices in the whole wide world! How fun they look...both look like they are very happy children...beautiful children and so are your photos, as usual. I love Bushy's wide-eyed expression and Shinu is changing and getting older looking and I notice her hair has grown and is curling...both are so adorable, I could give them a hug right through my screen.

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Originally Posted by Heathcliff

Snowqueen they are absolutely adorable.

Such angels... :rolleyes: :nod: :D

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Thank! Yes they are angels but a bit naughty. :devil:

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Originally Posted by Janine

Snowqueen, these photos of your neices are wonderful. I love them best. They are the cutest little neices in the whole wide world! How fun they look...both look like they are very happy children...beautiful children and so are your photos, as usual. I love Bushy's wide-eyed expression and Shinu is changing and getting older looking and I notice her hair has grown and is curling...both are so adorable, I could give them a hug right through my screen.

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Thanks Janine, in fact they both are growing fast and getting mischievous.

Snowqueen, so cute... I just want to put a bow in their hair and take them home.

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Originally Posted by Maryd.

Snowqueen, so cute... I just want to put a bow in their hair and take them home.

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Ha ha..beware Mary they are little imps. :smash: :boxing_smiley::crash:

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Originally Posted by Snowqueen

Ha ha..beware Mary they are little imps. :smash: :boxing_smiley::crash:

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You know how many people say that about kids and I have them at my place and they turn into angels.