February's Gone?

OK, who stole February?

Seriously.

Where did it go?

Wasn't it January just a coupla' days ago?

I also can't believe it's been almost a week since my last post.

What in the world have I been doing?!

Not much really.  Although, I have been tackling some paperwork that needed my attention and was very time consuming as well as doing a lot of knitting.

I can't wait for the day when I truly know how to knit.

What I'm knitting now is quite simple and even though I'm using knitting needles I'm not sure it should really be called knitting!

Oh well.  CountryBoy calls anything I do with a needle or hook knitting.  Even cross-stitch, ha!  So, in his mind, I've been knitting for years!

We've had some chilly, windy, rainy days during the month of February.

The higher elevations even got some snow.

This has been the view for several mornings during this month...

... a fine mist sweeping across the desert.

The snow, the clouds, the mist... all are so beautiful!

(I could do without the 25-30 mph wind though.)

I hope February did not pass you by.

If it did, well, we're just that much closer to Spring!

Till next time,

Cloudy Days

We've had several days of gray, cloudy skies here with some rain.  Some much needed rain I might add.  The dust level in the 5th wheel has dropped significantly since the rain, yay!

I've really enjoyed watching the skies these past few days.  The clouds are so intense and yet all that resulted from them was a bit of rain.

If we saw clouds like that developing in Florida, we knew we were probably in for a doozy of a storm with lots of rain, thunder and lightning.

Here, not so much.

Another difference is the harshness of the sun here.  It's been a challenge to shoot photos on a sunny day.  The subject tends to get washed out and the true colors are lost.

To help combat that, I purchased a Hoya ND400 filter. 

The filter is almost black but it allows me to take a longer exposure.

I tested it out with the clouds over the mountains the other day...

I'm pleased with the filter.  I think it helped to capture the medium tones that sometimes get lost as well as the highlights and shadows.

I hope to test it out on a sunny day and see what it does.

What is your favorite piece of camera 'extras'?

Till next time,

Saturday Scenery

It's cloudy and gray today.

It's drizzling off and on.

These are the mountains across the street from us.

The clouds are low.

It's nice to have this kind of day every once in a while in the desert.

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Till next time,