My tree in January

I've secretly adopted this tree and I am following it each month for a year. You can see my other shots of it by clicking on my tag: mittens-tree.

We've finally gotten some snow and our wind chills are below zero. Winter has arrived.

Thank you all very much for your wonderful comments and favs. They are so encouraging to me.

[Kerri]

Very cool

[gloria jones]

Great capture

[Lisa Poland]

Very cool! FAV!

[Carole Imes]

I'm so glad you're keeping up with mittens-tree. You picked a great tree, and I loved all your photos. This is such a cool idea and a fav!

[Anne ❀]

great idea, very cool january image for the collection.

[Danny G.]

Well done!

[Danette Thompson]

Great idea for your tree. How do you hold the crystal ball and still focus?

[Gabi]

Very nice capture. Looking forward to seeing the changes through the year.

[Tremerryn]

A super composition - it looks as though the tree has an eye!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

@danette Thank you Danette. My husband was holding the crystal ball for me. That made it a lot easier. He is such a good guy.

[Debi 🐩]

Looks bitterly cold, nice composition

[Maria Masotto]

Bellissima foto!!!

[Lisa Stein]

Wonderful! Great job with the crystal ball. Yay for teamwork!

[Hilary]

Lovely view twice, well done.

[Nicole]

very pretty with the chrystal ball!

[Peter Dulis]

Love it ....

[Beth]

What a cool idea for photographing the tree. Neat shot.

[Tineke]

Like to see the tree back

[Beryl Lloyd]

Super capture of your tree and the crystal ball

[Sandy]

Very cool.

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful and cool capture . well done

[Loopy-Lou]

Great capture

[Peggy Scroggins]

What a clear capture. I cannot do that with my crystal for some reason. And I love the tree photos for a year, I will be watching the changes.

[Peggy Scroggins]

What size is your crystal? I think mine is just to big to hold long.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

@miata2u Thank you Peggy. The box says it's an 80 mm crystal ball and I measured it from side to side and it's about 3 inches wide. I like the size of it.

[Sarah Munnings]

The image in the globe is so clear, love it

[Paula W]

Nice use of your crystal ball. Keep saying I must get one of these they look such fun.

[Mike]

instant fav, beautiful photo

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely composition

[Call me Joe]

Well done,Marilyn!

[Khawbecker]

A great idea and this is a lovely shot!

[Dixie Goode]

I love crystal ball shots but never noticed before how extra perfect they are for scenes of frosty loveliness

[essiesue]

Where do you purchase the crystal balls? I've been wanting one after seeing several photos on 365. I really like your tree image!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Thank you Sue. I bought it on Amazon.com. They had many to choose from and some of the prices were reasonable.

[bkb in the city]

Nicely done

[Kathy]

How cool! It looks like a Snow Globe!!! I love it and the Tree!! I have to admit I am a Tree Hugger kind of person!! Love the composition and I don't know how you could hold the globe and take the photo at the same time. I am so not coordinated enough to even try!!! FAV!!!!!!!!!!
It is sooooooooooooo cold here!! We live in GA and to see these kinds of temps is so rare!!! It is 23 F with wind chill of 12 F. We are having winds at a constant 10 mph up to gusts of 31 mph!!! It's not even the coldest part of the night yet!!! I know, waaaa, waaaa, waaa!!! LOL You stay warm too!!!

[Ramez]

Fav'd

[Robyn]

Nice crystal ball shot

[Joyce]

What a great capture Marilyn I love it. I'm doing a tree monthly for a year as well. I only started id December so not much to see yet!

[Dione Giorgio]

Well done. I love this. Where you holding the crystal ball with one hand while you took the shot with the other? Fav.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

@sangwann Thank you Dione. My husband was holding the crystal ball so that made it a lot easier for me.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

@cashew Thank you Kathy. Keep warm. Our wind chill factor was 17 below zero this morning. Brrr. Anyway, I didn't have to hold the ball since my husband was holding it for me.

[Danny Davies]

Excellent Marilyn.

[Darlene]

I love this shot of your tree with the snow. Great idea to use your crystal ball. I have to remember to use mine too. Stay warm. It is in the 40's in the morning here and in the 60's in the afternoon. FAV

[Margaret Obey]

I just love the composition

[Julia]

Love this! Tree looks lovely in the white snow. The reflection is so clear

[Alison Tomlin]

This is a very cool way to capture a lone tree! fav

[Islandgirl]

What a lovely crystal ball shot..............got to get one and experiment.