Pictures for Pam, Day 110: Frozen Droplet & Crazy Bokeh

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Again I am sitting--tucked in like a snug little bug in a rug--in my bed as I type up my post. Outside my window I'm watching the snow falling! It's not only snowing, it's sticking! There is a soft, white blanket of wet snow on the ground, though I fear that it's melting almost as fast as it's touching down.

About an hour ago we lost our power! I am happily typing away on my laptop so this doesn't affect me too much. Steve has been busily setting up our portable generator and has reestablished our most important connections to power: our Monitor house heater along with lights and heating to make sure our parrot is comfortable. We will also have our computers and internet up and running too.

How nice it is to have independent power when we need it! We learned the hard way how bad it can be to lose power for an extended period out in a rural area. After we moved to southern Oregon, we experienced some bad winter storms that caused a number of power outages--the worst lasting about two days. It was scary because the house got so cold and we were worried about keeping our parrot safe. After that we got a generator and it's given us peace of mind—and a nice warm parrot! :)

The power is supposed to be back on within a couple of hours—let's hope so! Until then we'll be fine, thanks to Steve's diligence to keep us comfortable and happy! :) (By the way, we got power back after about three hours. Not too bad! :D)

On top of the excitement of losing power, this morning began with a light haze of frost and I was very excited to get some pictures if I could. I was out for about 45 minutes and silly me—I forgot my monopod. Wow, it really does make a big difference in the number of crisp images I get. Thankfully I got nice images of most subjects I photographed so I'm not too annoyed with myself but I need to be sure to bring that with me when I go out!

Today's picture is a frozen droplet I found today! One of the things I love about frozen droplets are the beautiful crinkled lines and frozen bubbles inside, so if I can capture that I feel very successful. Along with the droplet I'm including a picture of a bird in a snow pine tree I got a while back and I've also got a couple of panoramas from this morning with a very fogged-in valley and another that shows the snowy hills across our little valley. Such a lovely sight.

Pam, I'm really having a lot of fun finding pictures on your stream to comment about here, and today I picked a collage of two cardinals in the snow that are so cute, so fluffy, so bright and beautiful, that I can hardly contain myself! I showed Steve and he was just as smitten. You bring us so much beauty and wonder in your photography, Pam. Thank you for the smile I have on my face right now! *BIG HUGS from southern Oregon*

Explored on 2/27/19, highest placement, #3.