Day 33, 34, 35: Cold, Daughter, Bird

Day 33: 

Signed up for Transformation Nation Triad.  Stood in the cold for an hour and ten minutes.  Couldn't feel my toes.  The result, after sixteen weeks, should be well worth the near frostbite.

Day 34:

Younger Daughter

Day 35:

I think I've said this already... 

for me, this year is the

Year of the Bird.

Project 365: Day 29, Backyard Birdwatching

Project 365: Day 20, birdwatching

We've still got snow on the ground, but the temperatures has risen to mid-50s and it's giving me SPRING FEVER!  All these lovely visiting birds do not make it any easier.  Seems like each year I find a "favorite" that I photograph over and over again.  Few years ago it was flowers, the next year it was butterflies... I can already assuredly say that this year is the year of the bird.  Only problem is, they move much faster than the flowers and butterflies; I'm going to want a better zoom -- stat!

 

Skywatch: Snow Day!

Snow is pretty rare in our part of North Carolina, and everyone gets excited when it comes!  We actually had a thundersnow, which is even rarer.  Thunder, lightning and snow all at once.  Strange, amazing, and oh so cool.  We ended up with close to 3" at our house, but this is North Carolina and it is fast melting.  The sun is out, the sky is blue.  After a week of gray skies and rain, this is such a nice change.

The best part?  In our neck o' the woods, everything shuts down when it snows.  The grocery store shelves are emptied of bread, milk and eggs (french toast, anyone?) and we prepare to hunker down.  Sounds silly, I know.  But that's just the way it is here "in the South".  Soooo, school was cancelled (SNOW DAY) and I spent the morning with the girls playing in the snow -- quick!  before it melts!

Last night, as the snow started falling

The snow was melting so quickly off of the top branches that it seemed to be raining.

And this little guy was hanging out in our front yard.

Project 365: January 8, 2013, Day 8

Awesome!  Thank you!  This photo was showcased in Tones on Tuesday!

Playing around with the color a little bit (okay, maybe a lot...) on today's photo.  It's warmed up this week and the birds were chirp-chirp-chirping away.  I took a lot of photos, but the birds were very high up, tippy top in the trees.  The birds were rather blurry in every photo, so first I enhanced the shadow.  Then... ohhhhh, let's just change it up some more.

Even better, after I did all this, I found Tones on Tuesday, a weekly photo challenge where you share a photo that has altered colors. Well hellooooo... that's my kind of challenge!