Day 345 - Farm and fog

With warm clouds and rain coming from the south over our cold ground, fog formed all over. By evening, it created an eerie look to the river, creeks and valleys.

Day 344 - Reindeer and penguin

The other 2 non-cracking nut crackers that Marianne found for our Christmas mantle. The first two are here.

Day 343 - Me and my blogging corner

This is where the photos come off the camera and onto the hard drive and out to blogspot for all to see. It is also where I view the wonderful world that you post for all of us. (Taken with self timer)

Day 342 - Sun, snow and rocks

While out to see what the commotion was about, I found the light and shadows on these rocks interesting.

Day 341 - Light snow

Light snow late this afternoon left us wuth a coating, but not much more.

Day 340 - Four ornaments on a table

Four ornaments for the center of our dining room table. Marianne hasn't finish this and the large ornament will go and other items added. You also get four reflections of me for the price of one photo.

Day 339 - Doorbells

Marianne found these decorative Christmas bells online and now they hang on our front door. Another set hangs on the door to the garage.

Day 338 - Hawks on wing: 4 views

( NOTE: A closer look found that these are turkey vultures, not hawks.) As I came out of Wal-Mart today, I spotted some seagulls flying over the parking lot. Before I got to my van (and camera), they disappeared over the building. But then I noticed a low flying hawk on the other side of the parking lot, so that's where I went. Standing on the bank above the Monocacy River flood plain, I watch as first one, then a second and third magnificent bird circled slowly back and forth above the drainage pond below. I was using my zoom lens set at 200mm. None of these photos has been cropped.

At the far end of the pond some geese made their way into the water. The Monocacy River is in the edge of the trees in the background. Below two of the hawks circle beyond where the geese swam.

Day 337 - Morning after the sleet

Day 336 - Sleeting?

Forty degrees and white pellets falling. It came down fast for a few minutes, then melted almost as fast as it started.