Archive for January, 2024

Down Memory Lane: The Teepees

January 30, 2024

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Betsy and I took our first trip out west in 2011.  It was a new experience for both of us, and the landscape was completely different from the forested mountains we enjoy here in Tennessee.

We visited several national parks on that trip, including Petrified Forest/Painted Desert National Park in Arizona.  The colors in the rock formations were almost incredible, especially in the Teepees area of the park.  There layers of blue, purples and grays were created by iron, carbon, manganese and other minerals in the rock formations.

When viewed under a clear blue sky, the scene was one of incredible beauty.

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Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

January 16, 2024

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My Beautiful Bride was very excited when we woke up yesterday morning — there was snow on the ground and it was still snowing.

Seeing the snow on the buses just made her more excited. This was just the type of snowfall that she loves.

Betsy must have taken a couple hundred pictures during the day. Her excitement was infectious — she had me singing/humming “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” most of the day.

The snow continued all day and more and more fell on the bushes.

It continued snowing even as night fell. According to the news, we got approximately 8 inches of snow. Betsy was still ecstatic, and I still had that song running through my head!

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An Icy Pond

January 2, 2024

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We used to get some fairly decent snowfalls when we first moved to Fairfield Glade, but in recent years we’ve gotten more ice and frost instead of snow. But even an icy golf course pond can be beautiful on a bright January morning, as this picture shows. I like the reflection as well as the frost covered grasses on the edge of the pond.

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