The Real Life Snow Globe in my Front Yard by alophoto

The Real Life Snow Globe in my Front Yard

We are snowed in today. It's blizzardy and cold and white outside. I really love how the white stuff looks coming down, like a real life snow globe outside.

See how pretty (bigger looks better to see the flakes more in detail)?!

I wanted to thank you for all of your kind comments and faves this week. My ICM shot of the sunrise made the TT (top 20) and I really appreciated your sweet words and faves on my selfies and cute Clara snow shot, too. Gosh, we've been snowy as you can see. Can I wish for color again tomorrow? That and a little warmth.

Stay warm, keep cool...and happy Friday my photo lovin' friends.:)

And here is my From Whence I Came, "Fresh Faced Friday" photo of the day: http://365project.org/amandal/themes-challeng/2014-01-17
Beautiful snow globe!
January 17th, 2014  
How fantastic is this!!
January 17th, 2014  
Wonderful snow globe. Congrats on the TT
January 17th, 2014  
Gorgeous!!! Ahh snow is so romantic....
January 17th, 2014  
My bro-in-law bought a snowblower with the intent that when it was delivered it would no longer snow out there! (They live in Indianapolis.) Apparently they were wrong. He apologizes to everyone. :)
I think you guys have more snow than us at this point -- which is rare!
LOVE this shot! And it's fantastic large!
January 17th, 2014  
It's beautiful! I wish we got more snow here!
January 17th, 2014  
Wow. That is a good amount of snow
January 17th, 2014  
Stunning shot, we are having a heatwave down here in Africa...
January 17th, 2014  
Amazing. It looks paint spattered xx
January 17th, 2014  
Meg
I would love to take some of that snow! Georgia never gets anything except a little ice and nasty slush. It's beautiful!
January 17th, 2014  
Up there you freeze, down here we swelter.
January 17th, 2014  
@tonydebont How about I send you some cold and you send me some warm:).
January 17th, 2014  
Beautiful!

In Holland it's almost like spring, temperatures far above zero. Can hear the birds sing in the morning haha
January 17th, 2014  
Congrats on the TT Amanda. No snow for us yet this winter, just because I want to go out and take photos of it!!! Love the effect here, a complete white out.
January 17th, 2014  
Wow....I just can't wrap my mind around that much snow for so long! Even when we have snow at home it doesn't last long. It is very beautiful and must be very fun to play in. Lovely capture!
January 17th, 2014  
Great, beautiful snow shot here! We had slow snow this morning, and I experimented with how well you could shoot a snowflake through the windows of your car - wish I had had my macro stuff!
January 17th, 2014  
This shows the intesity of the storm well. Lots of white on white.
January 17th, 2014  
Beautiful
January 17th, 2014  
this is so pure and beautiful. stunning shot
January 17th, 2014  
gorgeous! great capture of the falling flakes
January 17th, 2014  
Wow, what an amazing shot, Amanda. Love your title and the falling flakes of snow. Have you seen that we are in a severe drought? It has been in the 70's here and the 80's in So CA. Everything is so dry with no rain in our forecast and so little snow in the mountains.
January 17th, 2014  
Beautiful snow photo. It`s cold here, everybody is freezing. But, still no snow in the middle of Norway...
January 18th, 2014  
Yikes! Great snow shot! They say we're getting snow tonight!
January 18th, 2014  
It certainly stays in muted colours with the snow! Hardly black and white, even! Lovely to see but not be in!
January 18th, 2014  
that's a lot of snow! almost like a sheer curtain
January 18th, 2014  
oh maaaan! that's some serious snow!
January 18th, 2014  
Ohh baby-I need a fur coat !!-stay safe and warm ,congrats on TT :)
January 18th, 2014  
And I have a snow blower sitting in the garage that has never been used ;-)
January 18th, 2014  
@sbolden Bring it over! Have we got some snow for you. Sending you some now;-)
January 18th, 2014  
Here's wishing you warmth and color, although your photos in this weather are just awesome!
January 18th, 2014  
Rob
An amazing shot!
January 18th, 2014  
Bleak! Still no sign of any snow over here!! We've only had 4 or 5 frosty mornings so far this winter!! Many congrats on your T20, and I was nowhere in sight ;-)
January 18th, 2014  
Such a pretty shot.
January 18th, 2014  
Lovely shot :)
January 18th, 2014  
Fav!
January 18th, 2014  
Wonderful snowy scene!!
January 18th, 2014  
So beautiful! Great shot! Fav
January 18th, 2014  
@gazbadger Thanks so much, man!!

@susale Thanks kindly, Suse.

@bobfoto I do hope that you can experience snow someday. It is truly magical. I'm still in awe of the stuff (only my second snowy winter granted, but I hope the awe remains). Check out how it looked coming down out my front door yesterday. Thanks for your comments.
January 18th, 2014  
what a gorgeous scene.......snow globe as you say
January 18th, 2014  
Beautiful
January 18th, 2014  
That's some white out brilliant capture
January 18th, 2014  
You have been getting waaay too much snow. I mean, I realize that International Falls, Minnesota get a lot of snow but...Oh wait. You don't live in Minny. You live in Cincy! What gives?
January 18th, 2014  
Brilliant Blizzards Batman :)
January 18th, 2014  
@adamj It seems like bunches, and it has been snowing for DAYS, but it's only inches on the ground surprisingly. Looks amazing to see it coming down, though. I think that this is normal winter here. Last year we only got snow a few times.

@malc I KNOW!! Thanks, man!
January 18th, 2014  
@amandal - I have seen mountains of snow and have stood on skies and fallen over, but I have never seen it fall out of the sky as individual flakes. Seriously I once thought that a snowflake was a thing of Disney and that snow falling out of the sky would be like tiny hail-stones until the 365. Seriously.
January 18th, 2014  
skies = skis.
January 18th, 2014  
@bobfoto Skies, skis, same diff!! I've never skied, except on water. Hope to change that soon. And here I lived close to Tahoe and went twice for skiing weekends (but I always had a little baby or was pregnant). Falling from the sky is incredible, magical, Disneyesque it's so perfect. Gotta see it sometime. It's still coming down like crazy here.
January 19th, 2014  
@amandal - One day I will. I'm sure of it. But not here.
January 19th, 2014  
cool
January 19th, 2014  
wow looks so beautiful! marvelous picture!
January 19th, 2014  
I wonder if you will hear sleighbells in your head like I imagine with it coming down. @bobfoto
January 19th, 2014  
Beautiful -- love the delicate softness of this scene.
January 20th, 2014  
@amandal - If the voices ever shut up I might?
January 20th, 2014  
@bobfoto I KNEW IT!!!
January 20th, 2014  
This is beautiful! I could imagine this as my screen saver, in fact. . . this is the photo I wanted to take today but all I got was fuzzy images (shooting through the screen in the window.)
January 20th, 2014  
@jyokota I took a shot through my screen today, but I don't think that it was effected. Sometimes it is. I did sharpen this up to see the flakes more clearly. Thanks so much, my friend!
January 21st, 2014  
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