Taken at my mother-in-laws in MN over the Christmas holidays. The sun was doing very interesting things in the sky behind some clouds, so I ran out with the camera, hoping to get horses and sun in the same shot.
Do you think it cooperated?
No!!
I did have a strictly sun coming through a winter sky:
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But I found them much more boring. It didn't think people would find the entry particularly solstice related, but it was such an overcast, snowy day -- definitely the deep and dark December, type day. Lows were down to -22 on one or two nights. And that's not the wind chill.
It's nice to be back in Virginia. The High at my mom-in-laws on Monday is forecasted to be -12!
The days may be getting longer, but not necessarily warmer yet.
Thanks for all the wonderful comments!
(regarding his color -- it was processed on the old laptop, on which I usually fail miserably at processing. However, I didn't adjust his color -- this color came about by bumping the contrast a bit too much. He really does have a gorgeous red to his coat. The contrast brought it out a bit too much, but not a lot.
Btw, did you know that humans aren't the only creatures that like to catch snowflakes on their tongues?
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