snow, snow, go away

I took this a couple of hours ago. It's snowed a lot this winter, not as much as south of here where they got 14 inches in one storm, and one of my friends wrecked her new car in an accident, but enough to be sick of it and wanting spring. The temperature has only gotten above freezing a couple of days this month, and once it rained and then froze on the roads the next day, there were a lot of accidents that day. The snow is pretty to look at, but it makes roads dangerous, slick and unpredictable. Even though it was still snowing when i took this, you can see the animal tracks in it, they want their seeds even when it's cold and snowing. ;)

I know i've slacked a lot about posting, but with cold and snowy on top of depression, it makes it hard to want to go out in the cold and look for things to photograph.

Christmas lights

This is my first attempt at getting a good picture of some of the Christmas lights in town, i took this last night, and it was very cold at 9F (-13C) so i may have rushed it a little. I drove around looking for the most interesting ones, but was having a hard time, the cold was distracting and i was starting to get a headache. So i cut it short. I hope to get out and get several of the displays. The colored lights make the grey of winter, with snow and no leaves on the trees, more interesting and bearable.

Cold plastic flamingo

Here is my glowing plastic flamingo in my back yard, getting chilly. It's been cold and snowing every other day for a while now, so the snow is piling up, and i never know what to take photos of in the snow, it being all white and all. Hopefully i'll get a bit more creative as i get used to it, at least as used to it as i can.

More snow

This squirrel seems to feel the same i do about it snowing again. We are supposed to get three to seven inches, which is about what we got last time, but this time hopefully without the freezing rain.

Snowy

It's officially snowing now, with the snow several inches already, with this to continue another day or two. I like how snow looks, but not having to brave bad roads and bad drivers in this weather. Shoveling isn't too fun either, it can be heavier than it looks really.

Right now i'm feeling pretty envious of those in warmer climates, and i'm sure that feeling will last until spring starts to roll around. ;)

Local hospital

This is the clinic entrance for the local hospital and clinic. It's not very big, but they have been doing a lot of additions and remodeling lately. One thing i miss about living in a bigger city is quick access to very good hospitals with a lot of services. When i lived in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, there were two very good hospitals to chose from. This one isn't bad really, but it was nice not having to worry where to go and if they could help or not.

very cold

This was taken a couple of days ago, while it was snowing out. I keep trying to photograph snow falling in new and interesting ways, that show it falling, but don't always get it turning out as i want.
I know winter doesn't technically come until the end of december, but it sure feels like it the last few days. Today is what feels warm compared to what it is going to be and was, with the temperature being 36F (2C) where yesterday it was 10F (-12C). Although in January and February the cold can get down to -20F (-28C), and even colder. I'm sure i'll be complaining when those days happen, that's for sure. ;)

Grumpy pumpkin

This is the carved pumpkin, a little later, and not looking too happy. I'm guessing it wants to go to a compost pile.

Thanksgiving

Today is Thanksgiving, and even though i won't be able to spend it with my family or loved ones, besides the bunnies, they are all in my mind and heart. This picture is kind of how it feels today, cold and fall like. There is a gentle snow falling, but none on the ground yet. The trees have all lost their leaves, well, except the evergreens, and most water sitting out is frozen.

silly squirrels

This was taken a while ago, but it fits how i feel now and i like it. The squirrels had some corn out on the deck for them, and they took this one and eaten all the corn off, then took the cob from the others, and set it up on the railing like that. I don't know why, but it's really cute, and the rain gives it another feeling too.

fall colors

I took this as i was walking to the film festival, now most of trees don't have leaves on them, but this one struck me as very pretty, with the dual colors. I didn't notice what type of tree it was though.

UWRF Planetarium

This is picture of what i think is the planetarium at UWRF, i've never actually been in this building, but i took it on the way to the film festival the weekend before halloween. I just like something about that part of the buildings, the big silver dome.

UWRF Theater

This is a picture of the new theater in the local university Student Center. I'm actually really impressed with it, the whole building is pretty nice, and i found out that one of my relatives by marriage helped build it. I went to see a collection of short amateur horror films there the weekend before Halloween, and it was quite fun. My personal favorites were Urine Trouble and There's a Werewolf in my Attic, both made by a guy from Wisconsin that i chatted with beforehand. Those two weren't really scary, but had a great sense of humor that had me laughing a lot. Before it began i talked with the teacher i took Hitchcock and Film from, and found out that even though this room is perfect for classes that deal in film, if the teachers want to use it they have to pay for renting it. You can't really see from this photo, but there are desks that flip out on the chairs, a very large nice screen and sound system, and a podium, in other words, perfect for film classes. The rooms the normal film classes are in are less than ideal to put it mildly, normal cinderblock room with the most uncomfortable desks and such. There are so many people i keep running into here that are doing a film, but there is no official film studies programs here that it confuses me.

Sorry about being absent here, things have been getting bad for people i know, so i haven't posted.

Hello

Here is one of the local birds watching me while he (or she) eats some of the seed i put out in the new feeder. I like how it has one of the seeds in it's beak. I'm so bad at telling what kind of birds i have, i should really get a bird handbook as i love watching them and would like to know what to call them.

In other news, i have what i think is the flu. I'm not sure how i got it, but i was talking to a friend online who lives in Los Angeles, and she had it, now i have it. I'm kidding, i know i can't catch it online, but the timing was funny. Hopefully everyone out there doesn't it too bad or gets over it fast.