I Wasn't Foolin'. Spring is NOT Here in Rockbridge County

The first wave of snow has come and gone. Now, we are waiting for the second tonight. We are ready...propane...camping cook stove...head lamps...chili already made...the old dial phone ready to replace the digital ones...and all electronics charged. We ALWAYS lose power and internet. It is a given out here in the boonies. So far 3 inches...we will see what we have in the morning. School is CLOSED! Hoop-d-Doo!!! Click one time to enlarge and then a second time to enlarge a bit more.

Mr. and Mrs. Red and Woody on a Snowy Day Last Week

Here are some mosaics I made in PSE11 for my BB2 Class #8. The pictures were taken last week during that heavy wet snow. As you can see, I was experimenting with adding type in the second collection. This was the easiest-peasiest thing to do ever. Just a couple of clicks and the pictures were out of the old photo bin and into a mosaic.  

Mr. and Mrs. Red ~ "The Love Birds"

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Camera Critters

The Bird D'Pot

Mosaic Monday

Wild Bird Wednesday

NF Winged

Lines of Snow

These deck step shots were taken during the snow last week. Now, the weatherman says we are to get 3-6 inches come Sunday. What's wrong with this picture? I thought it was supposed to be spring. I've seen enough wet snow for one year, and I know Buddy has shoveled enough. Please, Mr. Weatherman, change your forecast. 

"Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, 

but just look what they can do when they stick together."

~Vista M.Kelly

This post is linked with "Weekend in Black and White".

Sometimes Getting Lost Really Is a Joy

The skies were unbelievable in their blues, and the SURPRISE snow on the ground last Sunday almost knocked me out of my seat. I thought everything had melted in the county...it certainly appeared that way when I began my "joy ride". Think not, Miss Genie! The bits and pieces of the road you see are slushy snow with ice beneath. I almost freaked out when I came up upon it and started to slide. Being from Florida, I am a failure at driving in this stuff. In the 35 years I've lived here, I've totaled 2 cars only going 10 miles an hour. I have finally figured out it is NOT the speed, it is the way I put my foot on the break and turn the steering wheel. No mishaps this day :-) And, guess what? We have snow forecast for tonight and again tomorrow evening. Wonder what this Sunday will have in store for me.

 Here's one especially for you, Theresa. I nearly flipped when I drove up on this Texas style, spectacular entryway to some impressive Rockbridge County homes. This was at the beginning of my ride so there was no snow.

 This was the SURPRISE I drove up upon...and it was slick and icy. Trust me... 

even though I was poking along looking at the gorgeous fields 

and skies, I remembered NOT to put my foot on the break or turn the steering wheel. This time I came our smellin' like a rose :-)

 Snow, snow everywhere, and a pretty red barn to go along with it.

 Most of the fields were like this one...covered in the white stuff. SO PRETTY!

Last but not least I give you some more covered hay bales. I saw lots of them, but these were especially nice sitting up there against that gorgeous sky. I had the perfect day to get lost and end up cruising the county. I wonder what this weekend has in store for me. We shall see.

This post is linked with Friday Fences and Skywatch Friday.

A SPECIAL 'THANK YOU" TO YOU, YOGI, FOR COMING ON BOARD TO HELP WITH THE OPERATION OF SKYWATCH FOR ALL OF US. IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MEME FOLLOWED BY SO MANY PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

ALSO, THANK YOU JAN AND JER FOR CONTINUING TO SPONSOR FRIDAY FENCES. IT IS SUCH A FUN MEME TO VIEW AND TO BELONG TO. 

Rural Beauty

You never know what beauty you will find when 

you wander the road less traveled.

"If we know exactly where we are going,exactly how to get there, 
and exactly what we'll see along the way,
 we won't learn anything."
~M.Scott Peck

This post is linked with Skywatch Friday.

Happy New Year from the Creek

Photos from Our Place on Kerrs Creek in Rockbridge County, Virginia

Back of the barn and the old Model T shed...

Our old house...112 years old..

Jack our by the creek in front of the house....

Front of barn, out-building, and another shed...Buddy's "Blue Monster" truck...

BUD AND I ARE WISHING ALL OF YOU

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013

FROM HERE ON THE CREEK

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NatureFootstep Waters 12-29-12
Our World Tuesday 1-1-13
Barn Charm 1-7-2013

It's Snowin' on Kerrs Creek

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Weekend Reflections

Nature Footstep Waters

Your Sunday Best

Snow Cone Time

During out last snow I took his shot, and when I saw it up on my computer screen all I could think about was a sweet snow cone. The snows are now gone and spring is here, but I have this little photo to remember our one March snow.

“Advice is like snow ~ the softer is falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.”
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

A Piece of Me ~ {in the picture} ~ #11

Here is the final installment of my “snow angel” fiasco. You can see Jack had had enough and was heading for the house. I’d had enough, too. I made it for this last, one cold shot, and then I went in, too. Geeze, it was cold out there!

"So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh.
But this dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home
And I've gotta be driftin' along."

~Woodie Gutherie”


{There are many verses to his song, but this is the refrain that repeats itself after every verse...and the one I remember.}

This post is linked with “In the Picture” on Flickr

and sponsored by "The Urban Muser.”

 

Our Snow Covered "Bridge to Somewhere"

I do not like driving over our “Bridge to Somewhere” when it is covered with so much snow. Usually I get Buddy to come in from running a bit before 7:00 to drive me up to the road. From there I am OK. I just do not do snow or ice well. Fortunately, school is always closed if our main road into town 
is not well plowed. 

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."

~Confucius

This post is linked with "Sunday Bridges" sponsored by Louis LaVache and his fabulous Holy Cow Coffee. The way to get your day off to a great start is to have a cup of his coffee. It does the trick for me every morning.

Snow Bird

If you look at the image in the center of the shot, it looks like a “snow bird” with its mouth open for food. I love the way the wet snow piles up on the bare branches. It was just last Sunday that we had this beautiful little snow...and a day off from school!

This post is linked with the Flickr group “SOOC."

A Piece of Me~ {in the picture} ~ 52 in 52 ~ #10

Our Front Yard

Boy, was this one hard to take....placing and replacing the camera, setting the timer, running time after time to plop in the snow, and then running back to check the camera. I have no clue how many times I had to do this to finally get a result with which I was happy. Thought it was gonna to be an easy commitment, but I have found out differently. I am totally amazed at the selflies the other participants are posting. They are awesome.

This post is linked with “In the Picture” on Flickr

and sponsored by "The Urban Muser.”

 

It’s Snowtime on Route 60 West ~ Our Road

This is another shot of the road which runs in front of our house. I posted it last week, but just a few days later it looked quite different after the snow. The new pictures were so pretty  I just had to post one of them. The snow started late Saturday afternoon and lasted until the afternoon on Sunday. We had no school on Monday, and then today it was all gone...the perfect snow...beautiful, wet and heavy so it stayed on the trees, and short lived.

I processed this with RadLab. It looks as if it is nearing dusk as the sun is setting. For me, experimentation with different processing programs is such fun.

“There are only two mistakes one can make 
along the road to truth; 
not going all the way, 
and not starting." 

~Buddha

This post is linked with "Our World Tuesday.”

Snow Bonnet

“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up,

snow is exhilarating;

there is really no such thing as bad weather,

only different kinds of good weather. 

~John Ruskin

This post is linked with "Macro Monday" 

and "I Heart Monday.”

Our First Snow of the Winter of 2012

Thank goodness I have a little Acer Notebook computer as a back-up. The problem is my fingers do not do well on those little keys, but at least I am able to get up my barn photo from this weekend’s snow. This is the barn across the road from us which I have used in the past but not with snow. The picture was taken during my morning walk. It was gorgeous on our road. Hope I get the iMac and Macbook Pro back up and running properly soon, and I am able to get all of my photos found and reorganized. Please forgive my delay in commenting...at least, I am looking at your posts while I am waiting. 

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret it patience.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

This post is linked with Tricia’s Barn Charm.