Winter is many things, mostly cold 😊, often a challenge with ice, snow, slow traffic and the not-so-fun labor required for shoveling that cold, wet stuff.  Like any challenge, there are tradeoffs!  New Year’s resolutions aside, you’ve gotta love what winter has to offer because it’s worth it!

This is not to say that hunkering down inside and enjoying hot chocolate, a warm fire, and cuddling with your dog isn’t awesome too. Sometimes those options sway me, and I miss a day or so outside discovering more of winter’s artwork.

Artwork includes panoramic vistas, wildlife settings, crystals, sculptures – man made and natural ones – all showing that winter itself is having fun. 

I looked up ice crystal names.  One term, amorphous globs, doesn’t do it justice.   Most of what I find is frazil ice.  It comes in endless, awesome variations.

There may be vertical caterpillar ice in here, probably just icicles on branches, but pretty just the same. Didn’t enlarge real well 😦

Wildlife makes the most of the season. These ducks seem content with this little pond to themselves.

Lots to love. Everyday that I’m out I take pictures. The joys outweigh the “rest of it” – and spring will be here before we know it!!!!