04 Feb baby, it’s cold outside {5/52}

ummm … not really. This has got to be the mildest, strangest winter ever.

Last Sunday, we were hit with a freak snow storm. No, I didn’t venture out with my camera. I figured I’d have all week to get some great photos for this week’s prompt. I should have known better because by Monday night it was pretty much all gone. Seriously.

But there are still patches here and there. Nice shady areas where the snow is sticking around. All in all though, nothing photo-worthy or at all representative of the word ‘cold’. So daughter headed out with me today to have some fun, humor her mother, help me out … ;)

This next one was to be my shot for this week. I liked the way the birch trees in the background helped the overall feeling of it being cold outside. And as you can see, I couldn’t decide on only one shot this week, anyway. She’s my girl … what can I say? ;)

Feels cold, right? It’s totally not. Well, not for this time of year, anyway.

This last one, I love.

Snow! (on flickr here)

Nope. Smoke and mirrors, really. Run your mouse over the photo to see the before shot.

A quick google search for ‘snowflake textures’ turned up all kinds of options. I found this one on deviantART (thank you!) and it works perfectly for this. Be honest – if I had only posted this one photo, would you think it was snowing for reals? I think you would ;)

Faking snow. In February. IN CANADA.

Yep. Very strange winter.

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