Potter's Field

I put on my snow shoes and went walking in Vale Cemetery. I took the camera along but I wasn't sure what I'd see. It was a chilly day, overcast and windy so I was only out for an hour or so.

This was the very first photo I took, standing in Potter's field. This section of the cemetery is where the poor people were buried during the big flu pandemic 90 years ago: 1918-1920.

Somehow, I like this particular spot better in the winter. Mine were the only human tracks. No one to step on the graves or topple their head stones. They get to rest in peace with a blanket of snow for a quilt.

Icicles

Icicles slowly grow on these old houses. The insulation in the attic spaces isn't the best, so the snow gradually melts, forming water. Of course, that water re-freezes again as soon as its away from the heated roof and the result can be seen here. It gets more dramatic if there's a spell of sunny weather; then the heat from the Sun helps the melting process along, creating icicles as long as 6 feet (1.8M).

Don't walk between the houses until they break off!

Action shot!

Not really. It's sort of a joke among residents in the city that Spring will clear the streets before the snow plows do.

Photographic evidence that the city does plow!

Turkey tracks

Footprints of wild turkeys foraging on and under the wild cherry trees.

Snowflake

I was practising taking photos of snowflakes. Most of them were much worse than this, which is motivation for me to keep trying!

However, I did get this one, almost. Most of the flakes are clumped together in a blurry mass, but there's one single flake standing out from the crowd.

I was thrilled!

One of the big problems is the contrast. Either there's too much white to see the snow as individual flakes, it's too dark to make out where to look for them or the LCD doesn't show the individuals very well. Of course, it was 12F (-11C) when I took this, so I'm certain my shaking hands didn't help. Need to get one of those Gorilla Pods or something for that.

Another day, another snowfall

This one left something like an inch (3cm) of snow on the ground. It was coming down rather fast though, so I thought I'd take it's picture. Not really much different from yesterday...

Skywatch Friday

Another informal Skywatch Friday post.

For the first time in what seems like weeks, there was a sunrise this morning. It's a short walk to St John's cemetery, so I took a few photos there where the sky is unobstructed by the houses and the trees are in the distance. I don't use a photo manipulation program, but I admit to moving around to just the right spot to capture this.