Sunday Getting Up

These last couple of days we've enjoyed a large high pressure system which has given us lots of sunshine, livable day time highs nudging 0 degC and very crisp nightime lows in the -15 range.

Today as I was enjoying my 'morning' cig & coffee I was interested by some of the shapes the snow is taking on as it melts, the texture as it becomes more crystalline and the random patterns created by the wind borne detritus that accumulates through the season..... dirt, grit, bits of leaves... cigarette ashes, perhaps...

The neighbours may have thought me strange lying on my patio getting these shots, and maybe I am.... but what the heck. Barely awake gathering shadows and light - that's me. Take me as I am.