Mother Nature Paints the Sky

Last night the sunset was stunning. Probably one of the best I have ever seen. The sky was purple, pink, orange and all kinds of shades in between. The show lasted almost an hour.  Here are some photos:

Last Winter Outing of 2015

Our last winter outing for 2015 definitely yielded signs of spring. First day for wood frogs mating, the skunk cabbage is up and we found a red back salamander. Fifty five degrees and a bright blue sky. 

https://youtu.be/uyLtf5I6KFQ  A video I shot of the wood frogs mating and you can hear the quacking sounds they make.

Skunk cabbage

Andrew is a happy camper because he got to see his wood frogs

Red back salamander

Mating frogs

Selfie with my good boy who didn't squirm in the pack or bark at the frogs.

Written Rock

Wood Frogs competing for mates

Selfie with Nolan-Clear Creek raging behind us

https://youtu.be/uyLtf5I6KFQ

Ice Against Different Colors

It finally warmed up a bit and the sun was out so after work I took a few photos of the icicles hanging from our roof.

Fun in the Snow

The snow on this boy weighs more than he does. We got about 6 inches of the white stuff this morning/afternoon and of course we had to go play in it.

Annual Snowflake

This is a real snowflake that Andrew just photographed. This takes a great deal of patience and keen eyesight. Neither of which I have for this task. The peach color comes from bouncing the flash off of a piece of rose quartz. How cool is this?!

Do something Silly Today

The first post I saw on Facebook said do something silly today. Luckily Mother Nature provided us with some substance with which to accomplish that task.

At the Park

A quick evening trip to the park to catch the sunset.  It was a great night to be out in the snow.

Winter Sky

We get THE BEST sunsets in central Ohio during the winter months.

Lake Freighters in Ohio

Whirlwind trip to the Huron River/Lake Erie to see the freighters Adam Cornelius and John Boland and the tug Champion docked at the Huron limestone docks in order to provide another adventure for the cousins on their gap year trip.

Double Trouble

Nolan has a weekend guest. My cousins Havanese Rebbe.  They had so much fun together.

And popcorn for all!

Frosty Pup

          Love Love Love this picture of Nolan!!

For the Love of Snow

This little boy loves the snow. This evening I made him wear his foul weather gear. It was really cold.

Pink Sky at Night...

Super beautiful sunset this evening!

Snowflakes

Andrew took these yesterday.  A certain type of snow and weather conditions are necessary to photograph individual flakes.  They are seen here on Clematis seed heads, metal and coneflower seed heads.

We only have this moment sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake. Maria B Ray