5/52 of 2010: Season Winter

Here in the Motor City we were having an extended January thaw but just in time for this week's theme of "winter" our temps plummeted once again. With a lack of snow I wondered what could be a good subject matter for "winter" and then I remembered seeing posts on Detroit Moxie (click for more info) of this mysterious Ice Tree on Belle Isle and decided to go see for myself.

4/52 of 2010: Yellow

Driving around town on a dreary rainy day in January the yellow can really stand out. Come to find out there's more yellow out there then I realized. From yellow-yellow to blue-yellow and green-yellow. But I was only looking for true yellow-yellow for the week theme.

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Driving down Woodward Ave. this angelic yellow creature jumped out at me from a store front. Not the yellow I was expecting but perfect for what I was looking for!

A bit too friendly

Yesterday while crouching down along a river adjusting shutter speeds and exposure settings in an attempt to learn more about photographing flowing water and bright white snow I wasn't expecting a critter to try to get into my jacket pocket! Too bad for Mr. Squirrel I was out of snacks at the moment. Maybe next time I'll bring lunch.

After posting this I discovered that today was actually "Squirrel Appreciation Day" according to the National Wildlife Federation. Coincidence? Maybe THAT'S what Mr. Squirrel was trying to tell me!

3/52 of 2010: This is me

The weather men say it's a January thaw but there's still plenty of snow on the ground. This is me taking a stroll in the sun the other day during this period of thaw.

January Jack

Jack Frost visited my garage the other night and covered the window with ice crystals. They lasted until afternoon when the sun made a melting appearance.

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2/52 of 2010: Happy

Even when the temperature is hovering around 20 degrees fahrenheit the shining sun can make it almost bearable. Happy is a full weekend of sunshine in the middle of winter.

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As I was beginning to post my idea of happy the power went out in the neighborhood. A few hours later after cooking dinner on the gas stove by flashlight the power returned and I thought of another happy thing: artificial sunshine.
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1/52 of 2010: New

While driving up Woodward Avenue the gold, purple and red colors of this new construction jumped right out at me making me remember the first theme for my 52 1/2 week photo project is NEW. It also made me remember it was just back in May when I posted a series of pictures from this very same city of various empty store fronts all with "For Lease" signs in their windows.

My 52 Week Photo Project

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

After the first year of 'something to say, every day' this blog had no real direction (a lot like me these days) and was being sporadically posted to. Now direction has been found (at least for the blog) and will consist of a photo a week, every week. That gives me 7 entire days to come up with an original blogable photo and perhaps something to say about it. This also means I don't have to think of a witty title for each post. Oh what a relief it is!

I will loosely follow the Flickr group '52.5 of Twenty Ten' and companion Wordpress blog 'fifty two point five' when added inspiration and/or direction is required. I mean I would hate to make an actual commitment and join the group!