A Walk in the Park

It was just above 40F today and warm enough to get some fresh air. My husband and I took a walk around Stephens Lake Park after I returned home from church. There were still patches of snow in areas shadowed by the sun (yes the sun was out), and the lake was still partly ice covered, although it was thawing and breaking up. My "pic of the day" illustrates this.

After our walk, I Skyped my friend in the U.K. for over an hour and then my mom appeared on Skype (although she has yet to buy a mic). So she actually ended up calling me on my home phone and we talked for about an hour. Now I'm getting ready to go back to church for a special Sunday night series entitled "Life is Hard".

Below are two more pics of the partially frozen park lake complete with pieces of wood, breaking ice and an unidentified pink object.

Snowcapades

Pic of the Day features photos of things that I have come across in my daily life that I find quite interesting. Today I'm profiling the huge ice "waterfalls" that have been frozen in time from our sub zero temps all week. I would marvel at these natural ice sculptures as I would drive to work and I couldn't wait for Saturday when I would have time to take pics during daylight hours. I waded through some pretty deep snow drifts along side the road where the snow plows had pushed all the snow and actually fell over at one point to get these shots but it was worth it.

Along with the ice, I also took images of the snow we had on Wednesday and Thursday (at right and below). I was quite taken by how the snow outlined the tree branches and am reminded of God's "paintbrush."

I also liked to contrast the textures against the snow, and compare the intricate (and at times fragile looking) plant structures to their cold and brutal surroundings. "Quiet" is often a word I think of a lot during the winter. I'm always amazed by how still the parks are in comparison to the summer. Last night as I walked out of my building after work, I realized how loud the crunching of snow was under my feet and that there was such an absence of sound from people, birds and nature as we find during warmer seasons.

Photography is a hobby of mine, and has actually become quite more than that as I have paired with my husband to offer wedding and portraiture photography through our business EZ Productions.