End of January

The pictures in this post were taken on January 23, 24 and 25, 2016.



February is going to be a big change.



If the first 10 days of February holds to the forecast it will barely get below freezing on any of the nights.



I know the birds will appreciate a break in winter weather.



I like a break as long as it's not too dramatic.



Sometimes shifts from winter to spring weather and back again make me feel slightly ill.



The snow and ice we had was very pretty.



We had more sleet and freezing rain than snow.



I was grateful that I didn't lose power.



When I finally made it to the office once the roads were cleared the dangerous part was the parking lot.



Even though the preceding day had been well above freezing the parking lot was like an ice skating rink. 



I had on hiking boots and was stomping down as hard as possible to get traction when a co-worker said, this is the most dangerous part of the trip.



It was a minor miracle no one had a bad fall.



The problem with the kind of storm we had was pre-treatment with sand and brine couldn't off set the amount of freezing rain that fell.



Below is what my neighborhood road looked like long after the secondary streets were clear.



On the 25th of January we had a beautiful moon.



It was beautiful at sunrise and at sunset.



It amazes me how many birds flock to this tree down the road from me.



I photograph the birds from my window.



The moon above looked red because it was catching the sunset.



I get the best sunset shots in the winter when the trees are bare.



There are so many trees in my neighborhood that I don't get much of the sunset in the summer.



I love the way sunsets look with bare limbs.