January 5, 2011

• Weekly Photo Challenge, “HOLIDAY”

  
  

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  The Christmas season challenge runs the month of December until after the holidays. 

  The challenge beginning December 3, 2010 is:

  “HOLIDAY”
  suggested by:  Cybernene

  We enjoyed Christmas at home this year.  It was different and much less hectic and we probably avoided snow in the pass going through the mountains of West Virginia and Virginia.  Snow has been a major part of the weather reports worldwide this year.  Staying home we saw snow earlier than we usually see it (December 1st week) and it managed to be on the ground the total month of December with new snow falling every few days including the day of Christmas.  A White Christmas with snow falling the day of is an event.  I am always thrilled when it happens and it seldom does.  It was really beautiful.  

  I have too many photos  for the holidays so will post more than normal but smaller.  Bring up larger images by clicking on what you see.

  

  1-This is a small portion of my window looking out into our yard with patches of the first snow of our winter. 

   

  

  2-  We have a heater in one of our bird baths, for the birds of course.  A good thing we did as it froze for a few days but a puddle stayed unfrozen in the pool of it.  The float is a Canadian Goose I like to keep in it but took it out later on to keep it from being ruined.

   

  

  3-  Montgomery, Ohio is about 10 miles from us (Loveland) and much more well planned than our little city.  Montgomery is always beautiful for the holidays.  It’s a lovely place with lovely shops and it’s fun to drive for photos.  They have lovely brick walks, bronze statues around the walkways in the city portions.  Gorgeous planters hanging and otherwise.  Always lovely and well kept and expensive I might add if you want to buy a home there. 

   

  

  4-  More snow and from my window it is very pleasant to view while wrapped in blankets reading. 

   

  

  5-  Even more snow and a view of one of my birdbaths winterized, not well, but the bath part won’t freeze and break this way.

   

  

  6-  My rain chain frozen solid.

   

  

  7-  The cat goes out in this kind of weather but not for long.  He prefers to climb into a bare spot I leave for him to view the outside world.  He makes some very wild noises when he sees the birds at the bath.

   

     

  8-  On the left my second Paper White planting in bloom and on the right, the third planting and it bloomed exactly right for Christmas.

   

  

  9-  I don’t know where this is but the view caught my eye so I took photos.  Snowy and dark of night and a very slow speed with a wide aperture gets me what you see.

   

  

  10-  I thought this was a really pretty Christmas view.  I have no idea where it is, we just drove past.

   

  

  11-  This is in Montgomery, some apartments that sit over the hill and they really are a great view with darkness and snow.  I just can’t help but picture Santa on a rooftop.  See a different view of this scene here:  http://photographics.xanga.com/737802737/2010-merry-christmas/

   

  

  12-  Just driving about and we saw some very nicely lit trees advertising trees for sale for Christmas.

   

  

  13-  We buy our cat food here and you can see he sells a variety of things, in the summer, plants for setting out and more.

   

  

  14-  This is Christmas day and the cat is playing with a toy we got for him.  He wakes me every night about 3 in the morning playing with it.

   

  

  15-  Our Christmas room is very cozy / small but we really enjoy it.  We eat breakfast in here and read and some movie watching.

   

  

  16-  Lots of food for the holidays, this is a cake custard and it was really good.

   

  

  17-  Fruitcake, I did a search for the worlds best fruitcake and found the recipe for what you see.  It is very good.  No raisons which pleases me.  It is a good recipe, im not sure the worlds best but very good.  AND EASY

   

  

  18-  Breakfast sandwiches and tea.  I make garlic toast under the broiler then topped it with ham slices, turkey slices, swiss cheese, maonaisse and mustard then back under the broiler just long enough to melt the swiss cheese SLIGHTLY.  Very yummy.

   

  

  19-  This is an asparagus casserole and it looks good but if I had to pay for it at a restaurant I’d be upset it was that bad.  I double checked the recipe and I did it right.  I doctored it the next day and it was very good.  I’m not one to trash food.

   

  

  20-  A view of the window in the south, in the Christmas room.  In the Winter, the sun comes through at a certain time of day and lights the crystals and they send rainbows all over our walls.  It’s a good time to be in the room.

   

  We have enjoyed the month and it isn’t over yet.  Twelfth night is tomorrow so a meal is under way.  Food is a pre-requisite for any special day.

  Happy Christmas, Happy New Year
  

   

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