Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: explore2009December13

Hope that all of you who celebrate Christmas are enjoying all your preparations. Less than two weeks now, so you'd better get busy : ) On a long, cold morning's walk in the park yesterday, we came across a tree that had been decorated with coloured baubles and ornaments. Loved the blue of this bauble and the reflection of the park - couldn't figure a way to exclude myself, LOL, so there I am, wearing T-shirt, sweater, fleece jacket, my bulky winter jacket, hat, hood, long-johns, jeans, two pairs of gloves, two pairs of socks and of course, my winter boots (plus ice-grabbers)! And it was only -12C!!! It's snowing again today - the beautiful, light, fluffy kind where you can see all the individual snowflakes. Light is so poor, so no use to try and take photos. Thank you to the person who spent time adding a little colour to the white landscape: ) I hope the birds enjoy it as much as I did.

Took this shot earlier this afternoon. I was out on a two-hour + walk in a local park in around -28C (-18F) weather this morning and had nicely warmed up, back home in the warmth. Now, looking at this gorgeous white Crysanthemum, I'm feeling cold again : ) Not sure if it because of the white or maybe the petals remind me of ice crystals. I needed to post a hot image next to this, hence my water droplets against red, LOL.