Downhill slope?

Found a few sunrise pictures on my phone from a while back. The days keep getting longer and the views keep getting better!

We finally got more than a half-inch of snow and made sure to do some real outdoor winter activities while the opportunity was there. There is a whole snow-man family not shown and I was told one of them is a chicken.

I also had a indoor project to do. I've made a key-holder with a bonus place to put sunglasses. The idea and general design came from a furniture studio in Carbondale and I put a few extra magnets in the corners.

Here you can see some of the holes. Most of them are for neodymium magnets and the large ones are for the knotted end of the elastic cord.

(Warning, crappy low-light cell-phone picture ahead) Here's the finished product with items hanging on it. I used 1/2"x1/4" grade-N48 magnets. The holes are drilled leaving about 1/16" wood thickness between the magnet and hanging object. If a person had truly massive bundles of keys, more power would be needed but it works great as shown. 

I used 1/4"-diam. shock cord for the sunglasses part and it will quite easily hold cell-phones too.

Soon after, we had an even bigger snow which fell with nearly no wind so it piled up on all sorts of things, even thin wire fencing.

This was followed by a fantastic bluebird day! We've had a few of these days this season which is a wonderful break from the weeks of overcast and frigid nonsense we are used to. I'm a huge fan of the idea of seeing a huge storm come in with feet of snow and then enjoying the following week outside in clear 60° weather.

The light!

We've had some pretty nice sunrises lately and I found some pictures on my phone I thought I'd put up here. Longer days are nice!

Random sunrise

It's rapidly becoming that time of year. The leaves will change, jackets will be worn again, day and night will seem to blend together. It's random sunrise time!

Sunrise!

Blizzard!

Our first blizzard warning of the year! It was in reality far weaker then the NWS made it sound but it was still fun.

Best icicle yet!

Thanksgiving

Thankfulness. Health? Opportunities? Special people in our lives? What about when they are all the same? Yes.

Saturday

We've been up extra early for work lately and there have been some great sunrises. Today was especially nice as there are clouds which is a rare commodity these days. 

Turned a bunch of fuel into smoke and noise, then headed home. 

We put in a five mile walk out to Big-Rock Park. This is the longest walk I've ever done on flip-flops, score Olukai.

Thursday

Transition

It does appear to be that time of year when I arrive at work under a great sunrise nearly every morning, so long as the weather cooperates. With that comes a sense of urgency that this time is not to be wasted, it is slipping away to a day when mornings will be dark, cold and icy. The snow will be flying soon and I must try my best to soak in more of the outdoors until then. That feeling will pass though because winter is fun too - it's somehow fulfilling to fight against the elements and survive, a sense of accomplishment I suppose. The struggle makes everything else better. We'll get there.

And there was a shift in the breeze.

The sunrise when I got to work this morning.

....a mere 45 minutes later.

Racing the sunrise

Getting to work just as the sun pops over the horizon lately, I figured I'd make use of the camera which now follows me around most of the time.