Winter's First Snowfall

Thought I'd share the images of our first snowfall back in November.  The flakes were falling fast and hard, big fat flakes drifting around in that way that makes you want to bundle up and wander outside to catch some on your tongue.

My autumn bench now has its winter coat.

First snowfalls are one of my favorite things about winter.


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Christine

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Down a Golf Cart Path -- Part II

Part One ended with me getting lost.  I didn't get lost.  I just ended up that way.   Then I realized--I had a smart phone!  With maps and navigation!  I pulled up Google Maps and that pretty blue arrow glowed my exact location.  The best part--all the golf cart paths were on the map!  Good thing I love to read maps.  I soon found the next path to take.

I came across a crepe myrtle with its orange-red limbs.  So pretty in winter!

One quick trip through another subdivision--is this burning bush?

Then it was back on the cart path.  The below is something I don't see in Chicagoland--trees covered in vines.  I took pictures both vertically and horizontally, since I'm limited with my 50mm lens.

Twiny vines.

As I emerged from yet another cart path, I got "chased" by the Boston below.  I decided to take its picture with the sign.  I like it!

Another crepe myrtle--closer up.

I stopped along this path to capture the orange of the pine needles.

Now on the familiar path back to Dee's home, I spotted this flag, which I hadn't seen when I first passed by.  Someone had stuck it in this cut-off tree trunk.

I had a nice hour-plus walk, and with temps in the 60s it was positively spring-like!  Once Dee and her parents came home, we ate dinner and commenced another word game--a more familiar one this time.  :)

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Christine

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Place de la Concorde | Paris Travel

Shot with camera lens motion blur; in le Jardin des Tuileries, looking toward place de la Concorde and the Obelisk.

Our Silver Paris

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Yes, it's still the day of our silver anniversary!  We still had many places to visit, and you'll get to read about them all.  After visiting the exterior of le Louvre, we walked through le jardin des Tuileries.  As we walked along the main pathway in le jardin, we spotted the Obelisk in the distance.

Once we got close enough, I zoomed in for a shot of the Obelisk in place de la Concorde.

See those ornate gilded gates?  Those gates are the exit (or entrance!) to le jardin des Tuileries, and we were headed through them and into place de la Concorde.

Here is the Obelisk in the place.

The lamp posts at the exit to le jardin des Tuileries were ornate, to say the least.

The clouds broke, just a bit, and I captured some sunlit shots of the Obelisk.

The place, looking south toward the Seine River.

The Obelisk, which is 3,300 years old, arrived in the 19th century, along with the fountains and statues in the place.

Here's a better view of one of the lamp posts.

Fountain in place de la Concorde.

It's always amazing to stand among so much rich history!  But it was time to move on, across the place and onward toward the final destination of our day.

Looking west down avenue Champs-Élysées.

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Christine

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Scripture and a Snapshot -- Make Me Walk

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Scripture & A Snapshot!

Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law

And keep it with all my heart.

Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,

For I delight in it.

Psalm 119:35 nasb

May I delight in His law as He helps me to understand and discern His Word, that I would keep it with all my heart!

Living life; capturing life.

Christine

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