~ 355/365 Cold Winter Day ~

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A cold day, sun shooting through the trees. :) Good old winter in Alberta. -Randy

~ 350/365 Shiny Snow ~

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This baby is almost a wrap.  Liked how the freezing rain made the snow looked.  Not really what I envisioned....but liked the light hitting the reflective snow.  -Randy 

~ 307/365 Winter Sunday ~

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Winter arrived in Vegreville for another year......lovely winter day, warm, snow melting on the street.  I am pumped for some winter weather. :)
-Randy

~ 306/365 SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~

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So tonight we finally greet the first snow!!! People that suck and don't love it's true name call it "the white stuff", but whatever you call it, it's awesome and a part of being Canadian and I LOVE it!!!!  Not gonna be a snow hater ever.  It's part of life in the north.....deal with it. -Randy 

~ 120/365 Morning Snow on a lovely Spring Day ~

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I don't understand the hate of snow and winter.  I have lived around it all my life.  It's a season and I happen to love seasons.  The transition between winter and spring is not gradual.  Like this morning when I walked out the door I was greeted with this.  On the weekend it'll be double digits.  Love the seasons and love the place on planet earth I call my home. -Randy

~ 118/365 Lonely Snow Drift ~

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Lonely little drift in the backyard survived the weekend.  Will this melt or will more snow come and add to it? :D  Oh you gotta love Alberta in April! :) -Randy

~ 104/365 Masters Sunday ~

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Just a bleh Sunday, woke up with a headache and wasn't feeling good at all.  Watched a LOT of the MASTERS and cuddled my cat Finny.  If this pic had a title, it'd be "Drowing in Spring Snow" hope everyone had a good weekend. -Randy

~ 98/365 Monday, bleh day ~

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Just one of those days where it's sunny, but still winter....teasing us with sun but not quite being spring.  Really tired today, it's going to be a LONG week! -Randy

~ 77/365 Waiting for Spring ~

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Waiting for spring to come, pretty soon there will be more melting snow and pictures of puddles.  For now all Albertans wait patiently and some impatiently for winter to end and spring and summer to arrive. -Randy

~ 69/365 Reflective Day ~

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Saw a melting puddle in front of my house this morning, so I texted Sabrina to see if she wanted to go out and shoot.  She was able to get ready quick and we went exploring for puddles for me to shoot some reflections.  This was one of my faves. :) -Randy

~ 30/365 Cold Winter Day ~

Today was a cold day, didn't feel like going outside and exploring, so only went out my front door and shot a quick HDR picture.  Sometimes 365's can be really tough to find a shot that is awesome, I am still pleased with it, even if it's REALLY similar to my previous day 10 pic. :D  Hoping 20 days later people won't remember it as much.

-Randy 

~ 25/365 LUCKY 13 ~

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Every day of work, I pull in to lucky 13 and park my ride.  Decided it's due for a pic.  That old post with hand painted numbers......figured for my 2013, 365, this would be a cool pic.  Plus I feel really tired.....gonna go shovel a bit and lay down for a rest me thinks.  Happy Friday!!! -Randy

~ 17/365 Ice Ice Baby ~

Came home to shovel the driveway and saw these hanging out on the side of the garage.  Had to snap this as my picture of the day.  Really tired, not much to write about today, so here is the 17th pic of the day, I'll let it speak for me.

~ 12/365 Tired ~

Today I am feeling completely tired and exhausted.  Lots of naps and cuddles of cats.  Went out in the cold to snap this image.  Not really much to say, just really happy with life.  Love the new camera and the experiences that photography brings me to capture beautiful images.  Love waking up every day looking for beauty.  -Randy

~ 6/365 Snow shoot ~

I have loved shots of people outside when it's snowing, but when the snow is falling, it's always tough to find someone willing to model.  Today this morning it was snowing HUGE flakes and I sent a text to a local model to see if she was able to come out on short notice.  She got ready as quickly as possible and we drove to a spot, sadly Mother Nature did not cooperate and the snow was just finishing off.  That did not stop us from getting some beautiful winter pictures.  I am quite pleased with the results.  :)  Here is my 6th picture from my journey through the year 2013.

~ Day 1/365 ~

In 2010 I completed a 365 project.  This year I am going to try and complete another one.  I have a beautiful new camera to start it with and I am so excited to share images from a year of my life with you.  I decided instead of a cat picture for day one, that I'd wake up early and head out to capture the sunrise.  It was worth it, I was able to watch the sun come up on a new year.  That is a first for me, to go out and shoot a new year's sunrise.  I shot this as an HDR, 7 exposures and used Photomatix to edit it, as well as LR and CS6.  Not sure every day will be as impressive as a sunrise like this, but that is the fun of a 365, you never know what a day will bring.  Happy 2013 everyone.
-Randy

~ 298/365 SNOWWWW ~

~ 150/365 RAIN, SNOW, IN MAY???? ~

This weekend was cold, rainy and just seriously a nice weekend to stay inside and relax. We bought the movie The Road and watched it last night. I was really impressed by the acting and just the overall story. Really makes you think what life would be like without all the things we sometimes take for granted. Animals, food, trees, clean water, shelter......I think as a society we generally live with a false sense of security.

Also happy to see Pronger and the Flyers lost!!! hehehehe, GO HAWKS!!! They are so young and fast, it's awesome to see they are winning. Reminds me of the Oilers back in the day! :)

~ two day catch up!! ~

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day 99/365

~ 81/365 Snow going AWAY ~