Craving Spring?

Enough of this stuff with snow and cold weather. In looking back at my posts, there's a lot of that. While I do love it, I was suddenly craving warm weather when looking through some photos I posted over on Daily Mile.

Looking a lot like Christmas

Nothing says the Christmas season like a little bit of snow. Yeah, I know ... Christmas was more than a month ago, but what's wrong with still being in the Christmas spirit? And this photo was a spur of the moment photo as I headed to a kid's birthday party in Lynchburg, Va., the same night of the Christmas parade in downtown.

Another foot of snow ...

Bedford, Va., was once again slammed with a foot of snow this weekend. Forecasts were for about 6 inches or snow, perhaps a little more, but it just kept snowing and snowing and snowing ...

One final snow photo

This is the final snow photo I'll post from this snow storm. This is my son's hand after he got a little snow in it. Sometimes the simplest photos say a lot, and for some reason this photo says a lot to me. Not quite sure what, but it does ...

Elks Home under the snow

I grew up going to the Elks Home in Bedford during Christmas, but I think yesterday was the first time in my 31 years that I've gone with snow on the ground. It's a great sight -- if you're in the area go check it out while the snow is still around.

The great snow of '09: Your photos

In a bit of an experiment on Twitter and Facebook today, I've asked followers and friends if they'd like to share some of their photos with me to post on this blog. So far I've gotten two responses. Thanks to @CherylSmith999 (first photo) and @RodDempsey for sharing their snow photos from the Lynchburg area. If you have something you'd like to share, send an email to me at runningbecauseican@gmail.com. Have fun out there!

Storm of the century?

For anyone who may doubt that this isn't the storm of the century, remember that the century is only 10 years old. So as of 7 a.m. there's a foot of snow on the ground in Bedford, Va., and I'm pretty sure it's only the second time this area has seen that much snow so far in the 2000s. And to all my friends from the north, yes, I'm going to make a big deal about this. Plus it's still snowing ...

... more to come once it stops!

Snowy Peaks

Sure it's been three months since I last posted, but I'll hope you'll forgive me. There's nothing like a little snow storm to get me back in the photo-taking spirit. These were taken at the Peaks of Otter in Bedford County. While it was raining in the city, the mountains saw plenty of snow this weekend.

Blue skies over Richmond

It's late June and we're officially into summer. Usually at this time of the year in Richmond, it's hazy, hot and humid. But in the past couple of days we've been blessed with some great weather. It cooled off yesterday and today after a fairly miserable Friday and Saturday, leaving the skies nice and blue. While it's still fairly warm, the skies reminded me today of a fall day. Enjoy it while it lasts ...
... I was fortunate today to be able to be outside for about a half hour at work. I was standing under a tree and looked up and saw this gorgeous site. There's something about a blue sky that makes any photo look good.

Snow Dog!

This has instantly become my favorite photo of my dog. His smile says it all about how he feels about snow!

10 inches and counting!

It's been quite a while since I've seen a good snow fall. So there's good reason to be excited about 10 inches or so of snow in Richmond, Va., today. On top of a snow day from work, my dog loves it, my wife from snow-filled Ohio loves it and it finally proves what I've been trying to tell my in-laws for years - it does snow in Virginia!! I'm looking forward to heading out for a run later in this mess.

Duke does his usual snow roll!

Right in the kisser

When winter and spring collide

With up and down temperatures in February, some flowers started showing their colors a tad early, only to shutter during today's snow.

November Snow

I love taking photos of snow, but unfortunately it seems that Virginia never gets any anymore. Last week, though, the Richmond area saw about a half hour's worth of snow ... nothing spectacular, but it gives me hope of bigger things to come this winter. So, here's to hoping that we get more snow! In the meantime, here's a photo to prove that the white stuff did indeed fall from the sky recently.

Weird skies and rides

I just returned from a weekend at Virginia Beach and captured some interesting shots that I'll share over the next week or so. This first one is near a so-called amusement park. The photo makes it look cooler than it really is. What I like about this shot, though, is the eerie sky. It looks like a tornado could just pop out.

Longing for fall

It's August ... fall can't be far behind can it?!?! By the way, this is somewhere in Vermont. Absolutely beautiful.

Let it snow!

It's so hot, so I thought some snow photos would cool everyone off a bit. And don't you just love my dog's demon eyes above?