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Cold

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January 17, 2016 at 9:36 am

Uttered

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January 5, 2016 at 7:00 am

Favorite Photos

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Holy cow, this year is flying by. It’s the 3rd day of January already! We are home again, and I’m happy to report that Delilah did great on the 4-hour drive from Grand Rapids, Minnesota to Beldenville, Wisconsin.

Today, I hope to do as little as possible in the way of productive endeavors, unless they involve power-lounging and idling away the time with trivial pursuits (which have their own way of feeling productive sometimes). I will mentally prepare for the return to the week of work that follows the New Year celebrations. Everything that was being held in suspended animation during the holidays will be released for a return to the regular grind.

Our next paid holiday doesn’t arrive for 5-months! At least the daylight hours will gradually be getting longer during that otherwise ominously staid period of time.

On that cheery note, I will endeavor to bring some pleasure to these proceedings with a sampling of a few of my favorite photos to emerge from our weekend visit with Barb and Mike.

The first two were taken by Barb when the lake was just in the process of freezing, and she generously shared them with me. The close-up shot is right out of my bag of tricks, so of course I love it the most. I asked her how she got it to be black and white, and Barb replied, “It’s not.” I love that it looks like there is no color in the captured image.

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This next one is mine. I took a picture of the water flowing beneath a dam, wanting to capture the water droplets on the edge of the forming ice. After zooming in, I was surprised to find the lines that look like a drawn-in animation. A moment after that, the whole thing took on a look of being more a painting than a photo. I’m really happy with it.

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January 3, 2016 at 7:00 am

Sanctity

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Sanctity.

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December 7, 2015 at 7:00 am

Whiter Shades

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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Somehow, we are days away from December; November has come and gone in record speed. The longer I live, the faster months pass.

Our scenery has changed from green, to brown, to white in about a week.

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Our forecast is predicting that “plow-able” snow amounts will fall tomorrow night into Tuesday.

Winter weather is finally here, regardless what the extreme El Niño has in store for the months ahead.

I’m not too worried. Whatever happens will be over soon enough at the rate the months are flying by in my perception.

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November 29, 2015 at 7:00 am

Communication

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Communication.

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November 24, 2015 at 7:00 am

Capturing Images

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Three recent views from Wintervale that reflect what I get to gaze upon when wandering around our place.

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November 20, 2015 at 7:00 am

A Picture

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A portrait today, of our Hunter, on his own in the sun.

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November 13, 2015 at 7:00 am

Again, Anticipate

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I’m thoroughly under the weight of the oppressive symptoms of a cold, and have grabbed an old “Words on Images” for today in place of boring you with the gory details of my day in bed. Here’s to better days ahead…

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November 6, 2015 at 7:00 am

Listening

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Listening

Words on Images

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Written by johnwhays

October 20, 2015 at 6:00 am