A Bloy and his Blog

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

Taken at the Lakeshore Nature Preserve in Madison.

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

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.

And so it begins…

read the rest of: First snowflakes of the season

The warmest heatwave of the summer so far has just begun. Rather than get all sweaty by shooting some pictures outside, I decided to keep cool by staying in and looking though some winter photos. Wouldn’t a seat on this bench feel good right now?