Sandy Aftermath

Can it get worse? Yes.  We could have a Nor'easter.

With thousands still without power, the temperature has dropped to 30°, and it snowed. We have a tad over three inches here in Valley Stream. Over half of the trees around here have their leaves and, most of those, are still green.

I took both of these photos from my front door around 9 PM.

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2011 - The Daily Photo Project

Winter is a coming....

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2011 - The Daily Photo Project

The first snow of Spring.

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2011 - The Daily Photo Project

The Day After Groundhog's Day

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2011 - The Daily Photo Project

Any port in a storm.

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2011 - The Daily Photo Project

A stream in the valley.

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2011 - The Daily Photo Project

The morning after the storm

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2011 - The Daily Photo Project

Hendrickson Park Lake in Valley Stream, NY

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2011 - The Daily Photo Project

A Slate-colored Junco under the feeder.

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2011 - The Daily Photo Project

Coming in to feed.

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2011 - The Daily Photo Project

Left overs (and more coming).

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2011 - The Daily Photo Project

Walking the dog on a snowy day

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A Farm in Winter

I did this pastel of a farm in upstate New York this past week. I thought a Winter scene would be appropriate since we are right in the middle of a heat wave.

The picture was done with soft pastels on pale blue 9 by 11 inch Canson pastel paper.

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Mohonk - The view from my balcony

Early last week I spend a night at the Mohonk Mountain House. This is the view from my balcony out over the winter gardens and the lake. Unfortunely, the day was over cast and it had started to snow.

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Snow or In Like A Lion

We got 12 inches (30.5 cm) of snow dumped on us over night. It was the first big snow storm of the winter so we can't complain too much. Below is a picture taken from my front door.


We live on a corner and I took this photo out of the dining room window so the intersection can be seen.

And this picture is for Berit, also known on Etsy as clingingimages, so she can see where one of her butterflies hangs out. Neither snow, nor rain can keep him from being nosy about what happens on the street.
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Just beat the Storm...

We always go back to Buffalo, NY for Christmas. This year there were so many storms coming through the state that we were not sure we could make it. Fortunately our luck held and we drove up on the one clear day between storms. This photo shows the view of my brother Jeff's backyard the day after we arrived. Tweet