The view just outside of my door:

And no, certain Northern European wise asses, the picture is not the result of me not cleaning off my lens. It is from clicking the flash and stopping the action of the snow falling. So don’t be leaving comments about that on this humble blog.

I love the way the snow looks under the light and I might be on my way towards capturing what it looks like in real life:

And, this was a good chance to photograph this neighborhood landmark:

Valhalla. Woop-de-do. But here’s another:

And, another because I couldn’t choose which one I liked the best. Here I edited the photo because I wanted to expose the trees a little bit more:

I wanted the Valhallagrillen seem like it was emerging from the darkness and the fog. Now I think it looks like a sausage selling spaceship. I do love the alliteration, don’t I?