Zak in his bright orange winter hat.
I love palm trees and even though they won't grow here I have one which my family gave me for Christmas one year. It lights up and on winter evenings I turn it on while I'm reading.
It's fun to move the camera around and take pictures of my palm tree.
A kick ass group performing in a jazz club in Osaka, Japan.
My daughter at an onsen we stayed at in Ohara, Japan.
The poinsettias at the entrance to the bookstore add to the festiveness of the season.
Books for gift giving or for a present to oneself.
Big books, small books and even medium sized books-something for everyone.
My favorite section-mysteries.
Yikes, more snow.
So much snow.
Taken after the sidewalk snow plow has made its first pass. Often the sidewalks are better maintained than the streets.
Our local supermarket. Did someone purposely leave a shopping cart there to catch the icicle when it falls.
Yummy looking regional apples. Perhaps I'll make applesauce today. Or just eat an apple as I'm out taking pictures.
This icicle was too long to photograph without standing in the street. There were too many cars going by and the road was slippery so I settled for a less dramatic looking photo.
Driving along in my car taking pictures maybe wasn't a good idea so I....
....pulled over and stopped to take this picture of our local video store.
I did stop in the road (no traffic coming in either direction, really, I looked) to snap this photo of our local insurance office.
Buildings owned by our local oil company seen through a snow covered side window of my car.
Taking pictures out a car window wasn't fun when the car started to slide-you don't take the picture you wanted.
Even without bright sunlight the trees and landscape looks pretty with newly fallen snow.
Self Portrait. My down coat while not very flattering is warm and cosy. And who cares about flattering when trudging through snow just over ones knees.
Fall pods are covered in snow which makes them look like they're wearing hats.
Let's sit and rest awhile.
