I slogged out in bitter cold weather with a blizzard blowing … and a camera in my frozen fingers. What a guy, eh? It was like working. More fun. Less pay. You ask for chill? These were cold, cold pictures. I had some serious defrosting to do when I got back in the house.
The house in the blizzard
Through the mailboxes across the snowy woods in graphic black & white
The gate, the dog, the blizzard
Desaturated with heavy snow and more than a little wind
Sketch of a wintry street, snow falling
Share this:
Categories: #Photography, Cee's Photo Challenge, Garry Armstrong
ROADS AND OTHER PATHS – GARRY ARMSTRONG 
KELLY GREEN 
GARRY ARMSTRONG – AUTUMN BY THE BLACKSTONE 
CBWC: FIELDS AND LANDSCAPES IN BLACK & WHITE – GARRY ARMSTRONG 
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 
It’s been bitter and deep this year.
The hospitals are probably full of geezers like me who had heart attacks shoveling snow.
and I expect a mass exodus out of the Maritimes this year where the winters have become intolerable there. I usually say that we are ‘home free’ after February, but these days who knows?
LikeLiked by 1 person
MID FEBRUARY…..we’ll see.
LikeLike
They are predicting snow by the end of the weekend. We aren’t done these days until April. The MIDDLE of April.
LikeLiked by 1 person
…the cruelest month.
LikeLike
Great pictures – hope you’ve thawed out now.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Brrr. That’s true dedication!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Those frozen fingers snapped some lovely photos. Yay, Garry!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Which I think is rather remarkable.
LikeLiked by 1 person
MY FINGERS ARE SUING ME.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Brrrrrrrrr
LikeLike
Yeah. Blizzard weather. Well below zero, high winds, heavy snow.
LikeLiked by 1 person
😦 Yep. Our winter has not — strangely — brought that this year. La Nina, I’m told.
LikeLike
We have — for us — had a mild winter. Only two blizzards.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I particularly love the mailbox pic.
LikeLike
Me too.
LikeLike
Go Garry! Lovely. Really. Captured the essence of the moment, beauty and I can feel the winds blowing the snow around.
LikeLiked by 2 people
But afterwards you have that “Scott of the Antarctic” feeling
LikeLiked by 1 person
His hands felt like ice cubes. I remember when he used to work the blizzard and hurricane circuit. I used to have to spend half the night defrosting him.
LikeLiked by 2 people
What a hero! Appreciate your intrepid blizzard braving, Garry.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Nobody could have convinced me to go out there! It was really miserable. But the man is brave and his camera is weather resistant. Go Garry!
LikeLiked by 2 people
yay! and double yay!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I think the B&W actuates the cold Garry. Well done! It’s been quite a winter.
Leslie
LikeLiked by 2 people
There isn’t much color in the landscape during a blizzard anyway, so this just accentuates the lines. It does lose some of the snow details, but you have to choose between the two. I went with lines and design. I may change my mind and do it a
different way next time.
LikeLike
They certainly convey the cold. Good for you, and sorry about the frozen body bits–
LikeLike
The wind was running 40-50 mph, which is serious wind and it was nearly zero. Classic blizzard. He was a braver man than I AND the pictures came out good, too.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Terrible–that wind makes it really feel as cold as the photos imply. Bravely done, both of you!
LikeLike
I only bravely processed. He went forth, so he definitely gets the medal.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s still a winning team, but he can stand in the front on the podium.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Garry, these are wonderful photos. But I think the “beware of dog” should read “beware of snow” or “gate closed until spring thaw”.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I completely agree. I have gone out as little as possible. The older I get, the more inhospitable I find our winter.
LikeLiked by 1 person
BRRRRRRRR!!!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yup. It be werry werry cold.
LikeLiked by 1 person
It wuz fun….for a couple of minutes until my fingers froze and my face turned white.
LikeLiked by 2 people