Creek Frozen

My world has been very cold! McDowell Creek, frozen, at least partially. Portions of the creek were completely frozen over but not where the water flowed fast, like here.



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Majestic Falls Ice Field

It has been cold here for a week, nights plunging to 10F or so and never above freezing. I suspect this location on McDowell Creek never even saw the sun. An amazing sight for sure, the creek totally frozen over with inches of ice. I met a couple from just up the road who commented that in 20 years of visiting Majestic Falls they have never seen it ice over. Likely, once in a lifetime. This image is 27 images stitched together making a single 81mpix image.



Here is what Majestic Falls normally looks like, from June of 08....

(More McDowell ice photos in the next couple days..... Now that the chaos of finals week at school is over!)

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Leaves on a Grate

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Frosty

And a little photoshop. :-)

SunStreaks

A break in the clouds while at the coast this past weekend. Totally awesome.




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Fog, Sun and Trees

On my drive to school through the fog last week.....



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Blue Heron

I stalked this guy for quite a while when visiting the coast recently. He took about five more steps and took off. The Heron is just about my favorite bird these days and they are so skittish and hard to photograph without a blind of some sort.



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Morning Sun

An interesting sunrise through the fog. Caught these power poles and I got an interesting surprise from it.



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Rose

A gift from my lovely wife the other day.....



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Put up some Christmas Lights

Just a few on our gate. It is the season......



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Shallow Creek

The last shot I have of McDowell Creek. Perhaps time to go back for a visit....



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Tombstone Pass

A couple from our snow day on the mountain.



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Just Nothing

Just playing......

McDowell Water

I can never get enough of McDowell Creek. I need to go back up there now that the rains have come and see what is new.



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Moon in MyWorld

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Moonrise

Looking overs a neighbor's house at the moon a couple days ago. Very cool.




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Sunset on the Creek

A nice sunset along a dark creek on the way home recently.



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Drops on a Leaf

I took this shot just in time! 24 hours after capturing this, the branches were pruned away.




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Fall Down The Raod

Last bit of fall color looking down a tree lined road

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The Last Bumble Bee

This poor guy looks as though he has about had it for the fall. Sorry big guy.




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