Day 44 - Christmas Day

As part of our Christmas traditions, we went to my parents' house for a large breakfast. After breakfast, I went outside to take some photos.

This is a dead hydrangea. I was still alive about a month ago, but now all the blooms have died. Mom plans on cutting it back soon, which means removing the dead blooms.

This is a beachy plant. I love the fuzzy texture and appearance of it.

Gumball

Dad likes to pay Alex (as he used to pay us when we were kids) to pick up the massive amount of gumballs that cover the yard. They missed this one, but there aren't many left.

This is a dead potted plant.

After 1pm, we headed over to John's parents' house for more festivities. The sky was overcast, but not thick enough that you could not see the sun. Later, it snowed...which we will get to in a moment.

The snow was still falling as we were leaving. This is snow collected on the front passenger side window.

By the time we got home, the blanket of snow was thick. I figured I would photograph some snow covered plants just in case there is a freak thing and there is no snow in the morning...that is doubtful.

This is a Rhododendron.

This is a leaf from a bush.

This is a dead plant.

Day 14 - Thanksgiving

Today was Thanksgiving. We went to my husband's parents' house for dinner. I was enjoying myself so much that it wasn't until evening that I realized I had forgotten to take photos. Not knowing what to do, when we walked outside to leave, I noticed how the headlights of our car lite my mother-in-law's yellow roses nicely. I decided I would take photos using that light.

I know this is a bit out of focus, but I like the composition.

I would have retaken the above photo, had my husband not purposefully backed up the car, turned on the high beams and over lit the flower. That created this photo, which is still sort of neat.

He turned the high beams off and I took another full shot.