“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” — Elliott Erwitt

Thank you for all the new views and likes from last week, it helps keep me inspired.

Sunday, 02/09/2025: Posted photo — Snowshoeing.

We had a little snowfall last night. Only about 7 inches of snow fell. This gave me the opportunity to take my snowshoes out and hike on out property. There were many challenging areas to hike. I when up and down steel hills and through some swampy areas that were frozen over.

I used today to do a test run of my snowshoes. I will bring them with me during my hike tomorrow and hopefully I will be able to use them.

Monday, 02/10/2025: Posted photo — Mountain Laurel.

Here are some mountain laurel covered in snow. I saw this during my hike today.

I did not use my snowshoes, just carried them. Since I went the day after the snow, the trails were packed down. I used my microspikes and stayed on the trail. If I was not leading a group, I would have put them on and hiked off the trail. When I am leading a group, I need to be responsible for the fun and safety of all.

Tuesday, 02/11/2025: Posted photo — Snow on Swing.

There was still snow on the swings in our backyard. These swings have not been used for many years. One of our grandnieces was one of the last ones to use them. The photo of the snow on the swings is a photo that I take every year. The weather is going to warm up tomorrow so this may be the last opportunity before the snow next Saturday to take this photo.

I have been doing this project since January 1, 2010. After a while there is repetitiveness in my photos and photography topic. I need to branch out and take more photos of people.

Wednesday, 02/12/2025: Posted photo — Familiar Place.

Speaking of creatures of habit, I take a photo of this location often. Besides the moon, this location is my second most photograph location in my project.

A few years back I took a photo on the 6th of the month, every month of every year, at this location to see how it changes. I put a video of my photos together. Let me know if you would like to see it and I can figure out a way to post it in this blog.

Thursday, 02/13/2025: Posted photo — Snow Moon.

This month’s full moon is called the Snow Moon.

There is typically cold and snowy weather in February, so the full moon was given the name snow moon. Storm moon and hunger moon are other common names.

I took this with my 300mm lens, and not my “moon” lens because of the wing. My long “moon” lens is only manual and does not have a stabilizer making it difficult to take photos of the moon in the wind.

Friday, 02/14/2025: Post photo — Icicles.

As the temperature fluctuates, icicles begin to form. These photos were taken in the morning. One is a photo of the icicles on a building, the other of icicles on a handrail.

These were gone later in the day when the temperature rose slightly and the wind picked up.

Saturday, 02/15/2025: Post photo — Looking Up.

Blue sky this morning before the snow tonight. We are expecting several inches of snow, followed by sleet and rain tonight into tomorrow.

Spent the day getting ready for the storm.

That is all for now. Until next week, be safe.

“Sumens imagines consolatur et inspirat me.”