A huge Victorian home is alive with activity and a cutout witch hangs over the porch.

Anyone who visits my blog has seen this home a few times. It was for sale,and started at 5 million,went to 3 million,then 1.5million,and recently listed at 850,000 and finally sold for possibly less.The realtor commented it was functionally obsolescent,hence the low price. The buyer got a great deal in my opinion.glad to see it found a new family.

Too much head butting sent this old-timer to the local chiropractor for an adjustment. The youngster is fresh out of medical school and ready to show the old goat his moves.

This Amish boy and girl are at the local watering hole to spend some quiet time with one another and a rod and reel.As the tale unfolds,his confidence is very shaky,so she puts a reassuring hand on his shoulder and says I believe in your ability to land one, and just like that he has a tug on the line.She says I told you so and then with a bit of apprehension she moves in to watch him take it off the hook.Shot with a 500mm from a good distance.

Sure the wheel ranks right up in there as far as inventions go, but how far would that get you without an axle?

This cute little fella has a little extra giddy up in his step as spring gets closer.

These are the most interesting lambs I have seen in a while.Looks like a cross between a cow and a sheep.

Now this is living. Warm sun,gentle breeze,and a warm fuzzy pillow to lay your head on.

One thing is for sure,somebody is going down, but the king of the hill is still being worked out.

Snow geese by the tens of thousands stop each year at this wildlife preserve on their way north to breeding grounds.It is quite a spectacle to witness when they are on the move.

I photographed this sunrise scene a few weeks ago when temperatures dropped to around 10 degrees. The white frost on the tree is referred to as hoar-frost and its very hard to predict when it will appear.Bitter cold is one factor,but I have seen it brutally cold and no sign of it. I lit the tree with flash to help show it off in the pre-dawn darkness. A little info on hoarfrost from the net

Hoar frost (also called radiation frost or hoarfrost or pruina) refers to the white ice crystals, loosely deposited on the ground or exposed objects, that form on cold clear nights when heat is lost into the open sky causing objects to become colder than the surrounding air. A related effect is flood frost or frost pocket^[2]which occurs when air-cooled by ground-level radiation losses travels downhill to form pockets of very cold air in depressions, valleys, and hollows. Hoar frost can form in these areas even when the air temperature a few feet above ground is well above freezing. Nonetheless the frost itself will be at or below the freezing temperature of water.

Hoar frost may have different names depending on where it forms. For example, air hoar is a deposit of hoar-frost on objects above the surface, such as tree branches, plant stems, wires; surface hoar is formed by fernlike ice crystals directly deposited on snow, ice or already frozen surfaces; crevasse hoar consists of crystals that form in glacial crevasses where water vapour can accumulate under calm weather conditions;depth hoar refers to cup-shaped, faceted crystals formed within dry snow, beneath the surface.

Another worthless photo but had to post this front yard scene,which features the most overly complicated display rack for a few plastic Easter trinkets. Different strokes for different folks. I certainly would not ask this guy to build me a house,although it would be solid.

Sometimes you just have no explanation for things you see and this redneck snowplow is one such instance. Perhaps someone has too much free time or just figured they would beautify their front porch with a homemade plow made of cardboard. Whatever the reason, it certainly makes you do a double take as you drive down main street in this local town.

Here is a grab shot along the highway yesterday.Nothing special but the enormous load dwarfing the tractor-trailer caught my attention. I can only imagine what the drivers nerves are like as he transports this monstrosity in the rain and worries about someone pulling out in front of him. Stopping on a dime would not be an option.

Simply put,I got tired of making blog visitors look at the same boat photo for the past week,so since snow has been on the news lately,I decided to add a shot from last year.

For the past year or so I have posted new images each day and want to thank the more than three hundred followers that have been kind enough to join my photo blog in that time. To be honest, I have come to the realization that I am spending too much time taking photos and trying to keep my blog current, so things will be more sporadic from this point. The fact that I have close to 62,000 views in a year is great,but I am getting the feeling that it really does not mean a hill of beans to anyone what I do here,so consequently I will be doing random photo posts as opportunities arise.Right now life in general seems to be closing in on me,so simplifying things is my goal. The old washed up boat pretty much reflects how I feel right now. Maybe I will heed my daughter’s request and start taking my Happy Pills that have been sitting unused in the medicine cabinet for the last year. Catch you all later

Another landscape illuminated by the full moon and one blast of my flash. Considering it was four thirty in the morning and one light was already on,I did not want to push my luck and fire my flash again.The flash helped reveal the snows texture.