My new neighborhood!

[Tessa HD]

Since we moved I haven't taken the time to see my new neighborhood in slow motion. Yesterday during the snow storm seemed like perfect timing, and it was. Though it was a little bit of a challenge to keep my camera dry. So me and my R1 went for a walk.

I started in our back yard where there's a steep bank that leads to a large creek.
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Here's the view to the left of the previous one.

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As I walk down our street towards the dead end, this pretty bow and fence stood out to me.

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At the end of our street is an empty lot with a couple old sheds falling down and an apple tree that didn't want to give up its fruitage.

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At the far corner of the empty lot is a path that leads down to the creek, where I thought this was a pretty and wintery sight.

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So now I'm down on some low ground near the creek where there is standing water in several places, such as this one.

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So now I find myself climbing back up the hill but on a different path. When I reached someone's (potato?) celler in their back yard, I thought I better get off their property!

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I came out, crossed the street and headed up a road up a hill and liked this scene

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These red berries against the white snow are such a neat contrast.

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I thought a picture of this lamp from a neighbor's house might make a neat greeting card.

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And finally, as I walk down another side street to return to my house, this overflowing stream looked great against the background of this footbridge someone built in their yard.

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It was nice to get out and get some winter photos. I don't have too many because daylight is short, and on the weekend it's sometimes hard to make myself go out in the cold! I'm so glad I did, it was nice to appreciate some of the pretty sights in our new 'hood.

Tessa

[Cuong]

Very nice images of your new neighborhood. I can feel the cold snow from your pics even though it's warm in the office. How did you protect your camera from the wet snow?

Cuong

[Tessa HD]

Very nice images of your new neighborhood. I can feel the cold snow from your pics even though it's warm in the office. How did you protect your camera from the wet snow?

Cuong

Thanks! I put my camera bag close around my neck so the camera was easy to grab (which looked silly). It's kind of square with a double-zippered opening on the top. When I was ready to take a pic, I'd pull out the camera, take it, then wipe off the snow off the lens and put it back. Many of my photos had obvious 'drips' on the lens. But I kept a filter on it to help protect it from all the wiping.

[ob_3]

great series, thanks for sharing

[Cheri Campbell-Godfrey]

Nice job, Tessa! Wish you could have stayed at my house longer, though you guys probably wouldn't have made it home. It is gorgeous here also.

Cheri (Tessa's SIL)

[kitvan]

Love the Apple! :wink

[Tessa HD]

Love the Apple! :wink

thanks - that's my favorite too! it's on my desktop.

[Dalado]

The photo with the fruit is great. The photo makes it seem like the snow came early or the tree is just hanging on from summer. Nice.

D.

[Cantfeelmyfingers]

very "winter wonderland-esque".. gorgeous!