As I write this post, I realize that several of my blogging friends are not the fans of snow that I am.
Yes, I have lived up north. I loved the snow then and I love the snow now. And the less attractive parts of winter make the warmth and new growth of spring all the more welcome.
The best part of this particular snowstorm? It happened on a Saturday and I didn’t have to dig myself out at the crack of dawn to drive to work!
We didn’t get much, maybe 4 inches or so. Yet still my heart is happy as I worry about the day when snow is a only a memory.
The question is: how do you photograph the snow in a different way? How do you avoid the same old snow scenes?
Especially when you’ve not left the house and are still in your jammies. When you stand on the porch in your slippers, where just a bit of snow has collected, and try to capture the glory of snow.
And then, you wander back inside and enjoy the quiet day, and the opportunity to play with photography.
Stay warm, my friends, and enjoy the day.
Life on the Bike and other Fab Things 
You did a wonderful job of creating photographs that are NOT the same old snow pictures. My favorites are the the one with the motor cycle in the forground, and the one with the footprints in the snow.
Thank you, Sheryl. I really did want to share the snow in a slighly different way.
I love to see that sweep of the land down your front yard and through the trees, it is maybe my clearest memory of your home environment. It looks different and fabulous in every season that you photograph it! I still recall the day I woke up in the UK to my first real snowfall – so deep that only the roof of my car was visible and the world had fallen profoundly silent. The old fox was the only one who ventured out and he had left his paw prints in a wide circle around the barn where I lived. Magic!!
I love your words “profoundly silent”.
There’s just nothing like quiet during and right after a new fallen snow.
And I would dearly love to see a fox coming through the yard.
Yesterday, for the first time in the almost 20 years that I have lived in this house (20 yrs! how did that happen?), I let someone else shovel my driveway. A young man came to the door and he was so polite and so earnest, that I happily paid him to shovel. You know my driveway … he definitely got a work out!!
What a beautiful memory, Pauline!
It is isn’t it Alys – I would look out my bedroom window every morning and see those trees and be in love!
Ahhhhhh. It sounds glorious.
As I am reading this post we are getting buried here in snow on Long Island Laurie 😀 Should be done about midnight with about 8 to 9 inches. Great images and I really love the footprints.
My parents in Williamsburg, which is southeast of me, got 13 inches!!
The more snow the better in my mind … unless it’s the Saturday of the Women’s March. Fingers crossed!
Beautiful snow shots, Laurie. Diverse collection. Stay warm!
Thank you, Jane. We’ve had far colder temps than we’ve had inches of snow, but I’m happy none the less.
I love the snow too. We sat by the fire, reading and playing games.
I particularly like your bike picture.
Sounds lovel, Cindy!
I think you’ve done well in capturing the glory of snow. I can’t remember the last time I’ve been in the snow, but your photos make me want to be there.
Thank you, Deborah. I’m glad that I’ve captured the goodness of snow for you.
You have done a wonderful job of taking photos in a different light. Loved the vehicles covered in it and the footprints. I love snow too. We desperately need the mountain snow pack for water. I like to look at through the window, as long as I don’t have to go anywhere or shovel it. Liked the glass on the table too. So colorful after the snow. 🙂
You know, Marlene, when I took the shot of the table, i intended to be able to see the snow through the window. It didn’t quite turn out, but I liked the end result anyway. Glad you did too!
It actually spoke volumes. 🙂
Wonderful shots !
Very nice the bike under the snow 😉
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Thank you. My bike does look good in snow, doesn’t it? 🙂
oooh yeaah !
I love the snow, in other peoples photos, especially when it is in a different country 😀
Not a fan of snow, huh?
I’d annoy the heck out of you with my enthusiasm for it!
Twenty two British winters on a bike.. Just looking at the stuff makes my knees and knuckles ache
Beautiful use of winter light
Thank you, Derrick. I’ll be popping over to your place in a bit
Great photos, Laurie. I think capturing the texture of snow is really hard and the 3rd photo from the end with the tuff of grass poking through does it so well with the long winter shadows. Beautiful!
I’m so glad you liked that one, Joanne. I really was trying to show snow a bit differently. Thank you
It’s so weird that you have that much snow and here, in upstate New York, a few miles from Quebec . . .we have nothing! I like snow, too, especially now that I am retired and can almost always stay home when it snows a lot. I didn’t like it so much when I lived in Buffalo and had to get to work! 😉 Enjoy the whiteness while it lasts!
In the same way that you have no snow: my parents, who live in Williamsburg, to the south and east of me, got 13 inches!
Meanwhile, it the temps hadn’t been so low, the 4″ that we had would already be gone. As it is, I still see snow out my window, Happy, happy me!
Nice gallery with an excellent variety of images, Laurie. P.S. Two feet of snow in Calgary right now.
2 feet! We got to close to that once last year, but I fear those days of big snow are few and far between for us these days.
Stay warm, Frank!
Our planet is a half-billion years old, yet when you walk in freshly laid snow you are walking on virgin earth. btw, the photo of your bike in the foreground is very cool. Enjoy the snow!
Snow has such a way of making everything fresh and new, and I love your words to describe it.
Note to self. Experience snow some day.
As Pauline said, I like seeing the expanse of snow outside your home. It evokes wonderful memories of an extraordinary time. Those footprints make me smile as does the imagine of you tiptoeing outside in your slippers to get the shot. Your truck! Oh my gosh, that is a load of snow. I can’t imagine starting your day dealing with that.
My favorite shot is the last one. It’s warm and inviting, and reminds me of the way it feels when you come in out of the cold. You’re amazing.
My fave shot is the first one! (Alys and I will be the bookends) That candy-red bike with a dusting of snow, looking out into the sunny world and wanting to fly….that says a lot of “Laurie” to me.
I am so proud of you, how you are thinking outside the box in your photography skills!! Hugs, Laurie