Archive for January, 2012

Cold walk in the woods

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Even during the cold of winter, a walk in the woods does wonders for my soul.

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Taken at the Lakeshore Nature Preserve in Madison.

The faces of fun

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Yesterday I headed over to the local sledding hill.

sledding down a hill

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

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Like ducks to (cold) water

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

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

ducks swimming near frozen water

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

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Dock drifts

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

At last, winter has asserted itself in Madison.

snow drifts along a dock

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

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Teardown

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

half demolished building behind barbed wire

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

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Cattail sunset

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

sun setting among cattails

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.