Here, the Weather Forecast Does Not Apply

When the weather forecast says it will rain today, tomorrow, and the next, what it means is: the sky will rain when and where it wants to rain or just produce big, beautiful clouds and fresh, cool wind.

I snapped these pics. with my dishpan hands after hurrying up on the after dinner clean-up and running outside when the rain had stopped and the sun was just right. You know how the sun casts stronger in the evenings and even more so after a spring rain; the colors screamed at me to leave behind the greasy spoons and caked on plates and capture these shots. The clouds have been amazing the last few days, but I choose to enjoy them with my human lens rather than just use them for a photo-op. Here's to windy, cloud filled, unpredictable days!

I have No Photos, So It's Nothing but Blah, Blah, Blah

Oh my goodness, boy am I feeling drained. Lots and lots to do, no time for the snapping of pics. It's pretty sad when my energies are so zapped, I can't even relax to take a pic. or two.

We took the first official full walk around the lake of the season, and it was cold. Spring cold is technically different than fall cold, but cold none the less and we were under dressed. Not a good thing to be halfway around the lake and not on the way back home yet. The board walk is open and the brush has been cut down to allow vast open views of the lake, and also unhindered sweeping wind. There's something to be said of the hidden shelter of brush and trees as you walk along the winding path.

Any who, I just remembered I have some pics. to share from a couple days ago, but you have to wait 'til tomorrow, no patience for slow uploads tonight. Until then, dream of images of red streaked indigo clouds clumped above hills of trees.
We stopped our quick paced walk to enjoy their passing beauty.

Pretty Scenes Among the Trees

Yesterday was a catch up day. Meaning, catch up on the shoveling from the snow fall the evening before. It was a mere single digit degree day yesterday, but Bits and I still geared up and put in our time outdoors.

He was very irritated with the idea of going into the snow, now at about his waist level, and had no intent of even stepping into it until he saw his furry backyard neighbors. The snow was too high for them to come visit us, so I told Bits if he wanted to see the arfs he'd have to follow Mommy's tracks and walk through the snow. With much complaining, he managed the majority of the way and reached his doggy goal, plus a bonus of his favorite backyard neighbor lady. After a short visit we headed along our deep path back to our home and Mommy hand shoveled the driveway as Bits knocked snow off of the retaining wall. Much fun, much fun.

When Bacon went down for his nap, I returned outside to tackle shoveling the remaining areas and take oodles of winter pics. The sun was bright and the sky crisp and blue, making for perfect photography time. Yes it was cold yesterday, (bitter cold according to numerous forecasters), but I think Mike well prepared Bits and I by making us go on many frigid walks along the Black River walkway in our favorite Lake Michigan town, South Haven. There's nothing like the bite of winter wind that comes off of one of the Great Lakes.