Slapinions

On a lark I decided to jump in and particpate in the weekly photo shoot over at Sometimes I Think.

This weeks' subject: Black and White.

I had originally intended to contrast the beauty of our recent snowfalls with the dirt, grime, and salt that quickly turns the side of the road into a dark slushy mess.

But in reality that's more brown than black, so no-go.

As it turns out I think I like this shot better, although I admit it's nothing fancy. 

Speaking of snow, we followed that wonderful -7 (F) weather with a good six to seven inch snowstorm the next day. It was a pretty odd brand of snow, very loose and almost artificial. I remember thinking as I shoveled out our parking slab that it seemed to be composed of thousands of tiny individual balls - like a Willy Wonka-ish blizzard of Dippin' Dots.

Of course, gimmicky or not, it didn't make digging out any more fun that it's been for the other three feet of snow we've had this winter. And as always I wonder- my ancestors leave central Europe, travel halfway around the world . . and stop here. Why???

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• #14 Comment from rbrown6172 
  1/28/08 7:57 PM | Permalink

  good job on this photo challenge.  i love looking at snow....really glad i don't have to deal with it...and those negative temps, too!!!!  :)
  gina from n alabama
  http://journals.aol.com/rbrown6172/Ginasspace/
• #13 Comment from fisherkristina 
  1/27/08 10:52 PM | Permalink

  I like your photo a lot!  I love photos of snow!  Thanks so much for participating in the JLand Photo Shoot.
  
  Krissy :)
  http://journals.aol.com/fisherkristina/SometimesIThink
• #12 Comment from preciousone25 
  1/27/08 9:38 PM | Permalink

  I love this pic!!  I like snow!!  LOL!!
  
  Joann
  http://journals.aol.com/preciousone25/JoannsWeightLossJourney/
• #11 Comment from ma24179 
  1/27/08 5:36 PM | Permalink

  great shot for the photo shoot! -Missy http://journals.aol.com/ma24179/MISSYZSTUFF
• #10 Comment from heavenlybama 
  1/27/08 1:46 PM | Permalink

  I think this one would be better than the one you were going to use.  We don't get snow here until a couple weekends ago which is also in my journal.
  http://journals.aol.com/heavenlybama/my-photo-lounge/entries/2008/01/23/j-land-photo-shoot-126-with-krissy/1815