THE THRILL of THAT FIRST SNOW, 7 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING...

 

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When I no longer feel the thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.

-Lady Bird Johnson

 

Unaware, in our cosy Victorian home... I woke up and I sensed that, although the curtains were closed and it was still dark... how the 'light' had changed and there was the unmistakable silence that comes with snow... looked out and saw the wonderland, I'm sure my eyes grew bigger, I know my heart jumped and beat faster.

I squealed with joy and wonder at all this beauty...

I ran upstairs for my camera.

By that time, the night receding, morning started to break, the traffic slowly started, some cars ventured out, people slip-sliding down to work.

 

The snow stopped falling for awhile, the silence still deafening.

 

In this image I love the 'chaud-froid' the coldness from the night and the warmth from the Low pressure sodium (LPS) lamps, also known as sodium oxide (SOX) lamps.

Today it is almost all gone, but a memory and a few images... the goal of photography, to safe-keep them!!!

I handheld my camera, very low shutter-speed, steadying against the wall and yes I have very steady hands!

 

Focus... take a deep breath... hold still... take the image, breathe out! DONE

 

We live in the Victorian Quarter! Lovely!

 

I wish you all the very best, and thank you for all your kind words, time, comments, invites, faves and Awards. Very much appreciated. M, (*_*)

 

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