Today was one of those days that I really wanted to get outdoors with my cameras. I awoke this morning to the snowiest morning of this winter season. Last night I had spend an hour and a half snow blowing a foot and a half of snow out of my driveway. It was the first time this season that I really had to snow blow. Until yesterday our 2010 winter could only be called mild.

As this morning dawned it was obvious I’d need to get started on the snow blowing early if I hoped to make three appointments scheduled for the day, in a timely fashion. However, already the landscape was tempting me and the sun wasn’t up yet. I packed my cameras and winter boots in the truck, slipped it into four-wheel drive and cautiously pulled out of the driveway that I’d cleared only a half-hour earlier. Already fresh snow was piling up and the snow covered and greasy roads would make travel slow.

From the day I’d scheduled these appointments I had harbored the hope I could wrap things up in time to do some shooting  between my last appointment and dark. Unfortunately, a packed schedule coupled with snow covered roads would erase that possibility. Still, I kept my eyes open and couldn’t pass up an early afternoon sun drenched snowscape. With two appointments looming for the afternoon, I gave in to the temptation and parked as close to the roadside snow bank as I could when two squat trees caught my attention in a windswept roadside landscape, under a sudden brilliant sun.

I only took five minutes to capture a dozen images, but it was five minutes that made my day.

Thanks for stopping by,
Tom

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