Photo of the Week: Icy Spring Wonderland

ice encases the buds and stems of the Potentilla bush.

It wasn’t the normal pitter-patter of spring rain that woke me up this morning. Rather it was a crackling sound, the sound of freezing rain falling against the bedroom window. When I looked outside, I saw the rain had encased the buds, stems, and everything else in a clear, shimmering sheet of ice. And while… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Icy Spring Wonderland

Photo of the Week: Can You Hear Me Now?

Unique telephone carvings on the outside walls of the Cincinnati Bell building in downtown Cincinnati.

Wait, can you go around the block again? I saw something interesting on that building and want to check it out.

That’s what I asked my husband when we were in Cincinnati, driving around downtown at dusk, looking for a place to eat dinner.

We circled the block and slowly came up to the building again. And I confirmed what I saw. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Can You Hear Me Now?