Life & Snow (intersection of tags)
265 Life posts • 58 Snow posts • 16 in common
- I accidentally used wasp larvae nests to decorate a tiny snowmanFound some cool "wooden balls" on a fallen oak branch for my snowman’s eyes. Turns out they’re wasp galls.
- Making things outside while you waitWaiting doesn’t have to be empty time. Sometimes it’s time to make something.
- Building tiny snowmen is fun, even with just a bit of snowWhen snow is on the ground, carry carrots in your pocket. Tiny snowmen have a way of appearing when you’re ready.
- Rabbits act as Jackson Pollock on my drivewayMy driveway is an ever-changing Jackson Pollock painting, thanks to rabbits leaving their wild, crisscrossing tracks in the snow.
- The hidden patterns in everyday lifeEvery week, I take my garbage and recycling to the curb. I never noticed the perfectly spaced lines in the snow—until today. Sometimes, repetition creates beauty we don’t see at first.
- Long exposure of snow, long album about winterEver wondered what the quiet of snowfall sounds like? 🤫 I paired a serene snow scene with the minimalist music of Philip Glass, John Cage, and Arvo Pärt. Read my blog for a journey into winter's whisper. ❄️
- Snow during social isolation can be niceWhenever snow falls in April, it always is a bit of a surprise. We tend to think of April as a spring month. The temperatures start warming up. And then boom. Snow. Snow? Really? When there isn’t a global pandemic…
- Observations of first snow, 2018First snow! Hooray! Snow normally arrives in Chicago on November 17th. Mother Nature Chicago tweeted a great graphic by the Chicago Tribune: This year, on November 11th, the snow as a tad early. I woke up a bit surprised to…
- Top May 2010 tweets; freezer snowballs, golden pennies, physical digg buttons Here’s my favorite 20 tweets from May 2010 tweeted from spudart, mattmaldre, and fourspudart. How I miss the AIMbot, SmarterChildThu May 27 21:17:09 Just learned toilet paper is called bathroom tissue (@ Family Dollar) http://4sq.com/ajCj3kMon May 31 23:09:21 …
- POEM: Walking in the snow of the cosmosOH HOW I LOVE WALKING IN THE SNOW! The cashier at Walgreens doesn’t think so, “All that cold makes me wanna die, y’know?” I encouraged her, “you need some good boots to go. They empower you to be oh so…
- Virtual snowball fightMy snowball fort. Just try to break through it!
- Saving snowballs for the summerGoal: In the winter put snowballs in my freezer for the summer. Done! This is so much fun, everyone in Chicago should do this while we still have the last of our snow left. It’s really cool to be kneeling…
- Trees survive by snowAt first I felt kinda bad for city trees when they would shovel snow off the sidewalks and up against the tree. “Oh no! The trees are being buried!” But actually this must help the trees. The water underneath would…
- In the winter put snowballs in your freezer for the summerIt’s summertime and temperatures in Chicago are getting around 100 degrees. It would be so much fun to have a snowball to throw at someone right now. So next winter, I want to pack like six snowballs and keep them…
- Why I Like Snow 1) Snow transforms our landscape. A whole new visual world great for for photographing. 2) Observing evidence of action. Where animals/humans have been. What areas are warmer than others (where snow melts one side of the street, but not the…
- SnowI miss the snow. It’s fun to take pictures in the snow.
