Monochrome Weekend: Shadowland

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SkyWatch Friday: The moon rising, setting and rising again

The last day of January was clear and that night I saw the moon rise through the trees and over snow topped roof.

A little later the moon was above the trees and shining like a beacon on the snowy world.

The next morning I managed to catch the moon setting while the sun rose.

I was amused by how the rooster in the weather vane looked like it was in the trees with the birds below.

As the sky got light the moon was easier and easier to photograph.

I like the way it looks with the moon over snow topped rooftops while setting, in a different way from the night rising shot.

I took so many different photographs because it was enchanting to me to capture the setting moon on the first day of February.

I find it easier to photograph the moon during the day time than at night because I don't have the right kind of camera equipment for night shots to be optimal.

That night I had another shot at the rising moon and I like the way it almost looks like a tree ornament.

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Wordless Wednesday: Snow Day for the Children on Monday

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That's My World Tuesday: January Ends

Friday night I played around with some snow shots. I thought it almost ended up looking like the sky was filled with a zillion stars.

After snowing Friday night it sleeted a good bit of Saturday and then briefly changed to a little more snow that night.

We didn't get as much as they were predicting at one point and I know the birds were happy about that. Mrs. Cardinal on the left looks like she's posing for me.

I was happy that I didn't lose power where I live in central NC. I was ready for snow but not for power outages which I've dealt with before in winter storms.

Although wind can be bad in storms I think a lot of the snow and sleet were actually blown off tree limbs and power lines before they could create a problem. That's my theory.

The last day of January the sun came out and it almost looked like powdered sugar on the ground.

I've been helping the birds out with lots of food during the icy weather and they've been letting me photograph them in return.

I've also have fun photographing bird's foot prints next to my boot prints from the day before. Odd have they end up being raised.

I thought the tread on a print someone left on the left below was kind of interesting. My boots sank way down (below right). I hope it wasn't my size but was rather my boots that broke through so much more.

I've photographed so many different birds that these are just a sampling. There's something sweet about the morning dove to me.

The camellia bush got way ahead of itself this year but I like the way it looks.

So that's the end of the first month of January, 2010 in my world. Click here to visit other parts of the world.