Happy Dr. King Day

We're having snow flurries and cold temperatures on Martin Luther King Day. January has been all over the place, with very cold temperatures and other days near 70 degrees. We just shrug and say, "Whatever."

Our bunting is out for Dr. King's birthday. Note snow on roof.

Flurries in the back yard.

Ice formations at Brukner Nature Center. Bob says they look like bells; I think they look like Hershey's kisses.

She says, "You can't see me in these bushes."

C'mon - it's winter. I have to throw in a cardinal picture for a little color.

We're melting

Our temperatures are on the rise - in the 40s today with near 60 degrees predicted in the next days. Our snow is going away. This is good and bad. Good because we can finally get the car washed. Bad because the snow is pretty (except for the part my brother calls "snirt" - snow mixed with dirt that accumulates along the roads). But, before all the snow is gone (this time), here are some pictures taken before the temperatures rose to the melting level.

This was our low temperature early in the year.

Ludlow Falls.

Close up of ice globs.

Snow snake. Snow does not melt or fall off branches in a uniform manner. This is a good illustration.

Frosty branches.

Another Troy hockey game (Troy is in red and white.) Each time I attend, they lose. What's up with that?

Happy New Year

Here are a few photos from the end of 2012. We wish all of you a very happy 2013.

Once again, he's out with no hat. This time Bob builds a snowman.

Finished! The buttons are beer bottle caps.

White-tailed deer at Brukner Nature Center.

Surf's up, Ohio style.