Shadow Shot Sunday 2 - The snow is ablaze

Yes, Spring began last week. Which did not mean that it should not nor could not snow. So of course it did! For Shadow Shot Sunday 2, the always lovely Patti captured our cardinal friend with early morning shadows. Although a fan of a four-season climate, I am not necessarily a fan of snow - but our scarlet avian lets me to change my mind on  occasion...

Shadow Shot Sunday - Cardinal

For today's Shadow Shot Sunday 2, I will complain about more snow as March progresses. Tuesdays snow (13in/33cm) ended with hours of sleet that froze and added a frosty crust to the frozen precip (in fact, the feral cats who pass through the back yard walk upon the frozen mess layering the earth). However, show makes for nice shadows of a forsythia and the cardinal underneath that Patti captured with a nice but not perfect point-and-shoot Olympus. Snow...ugh! But shadows on the snow - magnifiqué!

Friday Hunt, 2017.1.5

Friday returns so we are ready for Teresa's fun photo meme, Friday Hunt. In week 5 of 2017, she provides the following clues...

Begins with 'E'. Here would be the Equestrian event at Santa Anita Park in August 1984 at the Olympics in Los Angeles. This equine cleared the hurdle nicely! 

Vehicular 'E's include a nice 1964 Chevrolet El Camino, capturing myself in my 'directors chair'; To the right is the 'gunsight' fender ornament on a 1959 Edsel, its failure costing Ford Motor Co. a $250 million loss ($2 Billion today). Despite the business fail, it is a magnificent 'E' and cool car!

Week's Favorite: Patti captured this Cardinal landing in the forsythia by the house Wednesday after a snowfall. With his tail still moving, it is my February favorite...

Personal. A print taken on 1 January 1989, it is me with firstborn Allegra before her trip home from the hospital. Thanks for the  meme Teresa!

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Friday Hunt, 2017.1.2

It is Friday and time again for Teresa's fun photo meme, Friday Hunt. She gives the clues and now I am ready...

Starts with ‘B’. I have three to share today. The first is bedroom, our kids rooms in mid-1998, the kids aged 9-1/2 and 7-1/2. The boys room also has Bears, the girls with her early collection of American Girls dolls - of course, the historic girls collection is history these days (boo Mattel)…

The next was taken in 1957 in front of our apartment in New York City, Borough of Queens, more specifically, the area known as Bayside. The precise address was 204-07 35th Avenue. My older sister Michele (3), myself (2), Aunt Terry (15) and Grandma are all dressed up for a trip to ‘the City’ (aka Manhattan). Like the grown-up styles of the day, such as a flying saucer hat?

Week’s Favorite. This is a simple gazebo sitting at a park in neighboring Derby. Perhaps is the simplicity of the structure sitting in fresh snow with no footprints - and under a cold Winter sky. 

Creature. Like the look of a male cardinal in its red plumage appearing in a candid shot while relaxing in a leafless forsythia. Thanks Teresa!