A Bloy and his Blog

Yesterday I headed over to the local sledding hill.

The expressions on the faces of the sledders as they were sliding down were priceless.

read the rest of: The faces of fun

It seems the phrase “like a duck to water” is appropriate during the bitter cold too.

Just as long as they can still find some open water.

read the rest of: Like ducks to (cold) water

At last, winter has asserted itself in Madison.

Thursday’s storm created some nice snow drifts along the dock at Tenney Park. They looked like crashing waves to me, frozen in time.

read the rest of: Dock drifts

After at least five years of sitting vacant, the Royster-Clark facility is finally being torn down.

read the rest of: Teardown

I can finally tell the sun is setting just a little later every day. For me, the darkness of winter is worse than the cold. I’m glad the light is moving in the right direction again.

I love being able to see the structure of bare trees in the winter time. It’s almost like seeing an x-ray of their bones.

read the rest of: The bones of trees

I can’t resist taking pictures of the tree in the Capitol at Christmastime.

read the rest of: Christmas in the Capitol