Snow News

Same Forecast
(Ice, Cold, Snow, Wind Chill, Deep Freeze)
Different Day

Ice Blue

In case we were wondering, Mother Nature is sending snow and dangerously frigid temperatures our way to remind us that this is, in fact, Winter. I'm guessing that there will be a number of ice and snow pictures posted to the City Daily Photo portal this week.

Frosting

I liked the contrast of the snow
highlighting the edges of the dark trees.

Snow Fountains

In the summer, water fountains look refreshing.
In the winter, they just look C O L D !

Four Wolf Moons

The first full moon of January is known as the Wolf Moon. The TV news said that last night's full moon would be the biggest and brightest since the moon is so close to the earth at this time of year. I really thought they said that about last month's full moon. I couldn't see the initial moon rise due to cloud cover at the horizon but when the moon got higher in the sky it was interesting to watch it emerge from clouds every so often. The picture with no clouds was actually taken at the same time as the rest. The difference is that I accidentally had the flash on so the "blue sky" is really the flash reflection of my window.

Snow Hats

There is a garden in Millennium Park.
When I was walking through it, I noticed that these thistle-like plants
all seem to be wearing little white hats

Snow Abacus

The pattern created by the way the snow clung
to this sidewalk grate made me think of an abacus.
I have no idea what the resulting number would be ;)