It may be the end of the year, but is not the end of winter as there are several more snowy months coming yet. I hope everyone had a good 2019.
The End
Picture of the Day for December 30, 2019
The trees today were weighted down with snow and they looked weary of winter and there was still more hours of snowfall coming.
Winter Weary
Picture of the Day for December 29, 2019
With the rain melting some of the snow and creating a lot of fog today, I was imagining a nice walk through a field of summer flowers.
Summer Wildflowers
Picture of the Day for December 28, 2019
Falling rain when the ground temperature is below freezing is never a good combination as the rain froze on the roads and other surfaces like tree limbs.
An Icy Day
Picture of the Day for December 27, 2019
The sun did not appear in the afternoon like the weather forecasters predicted and the clouds remained thick so you couldn’t see through to the sun, like not being able to see through this water.
Interstate Falls
Picture of the Day for December 26, 2019
While many people may have been in stores today exchanging gifts, I make a point to avoid stores during crowded days and I prefer a nature walk so it is too bad that the weather wasn’t warmer for a hike to less traveled waterfall, like this narrow one that twists and drops seventy feet.
End of the Drop
Picture of the Day for December 25, 2019
It was a white Christmas but at least above freezing for most of the day so not as cold for outdoor activities and travel.
Merry Christmas
Picture of the Day for December 24, 2019
Growing up on the farm as a kid, sometimes we would cut our own Christmas that needed thinning from our windbreak, and besides being a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, they were magical too. Since every year they magically grew several feet taller as soon they passed through the porch door. If you waited to cut a tree here today, at least the snow would have been melted off it as instead of covered in snow earlier in the month.
O Christmas Tree
Picture of the Day for December 23, 2019
The snow has been settling and compacting in the warmer temperatures but not melting enough to run off. Some rivers and spring fed streams are still flowing but my little pond has settled into its icy blanket.
Wintertime Stream
Picture of the Day for December 22, 2019
The above freezing temperatures has melted most of the snow off the trees. And some farmers were able to combine corn today which has previous been ice and snow covered, but there are still fields with standing corn waiting to be harvested.
Corn Harvest Continues
