frozen

i dragged myself out of the apartment after lunch and walked around the neighbourhood with my camera. my nikon's lens had been stuck for several months now and i've been thinking of bringing it to the camera store to get them to unstuck it. but i thought i'd give it a try using rubber gloves and rubber mats and to my surprise it worked. well, what do you know there were some questionable goos in the grooves of the CPL filter so i cleaned it as much as i could and i was able to use it. nikon actually is my preferred walk around camera so all's well in that department.

i braved the knee-high accumulation of snow in the walking trail just to see if i can find anything nice, but there was a sign saying "beware of coyotes" so i turned around immediately and in my haste i bumped into these bushes. 'tis a good thing my winter jacket is really thick or i'd have holes all over me. when i recovered (my ego was more bruise than my jacket), i took photos of these. those aren't remnants of poison ivy, is it? eeek!

it was freezing and my knees were complaining so i only got as far as two major intersections and i bussed it coming back. i still can't feel my knees and my fingers.

[☠northy]

nicely dark image... the coyotes are all over the city... i hope you warm up soon!

[Erika]

Looks cold and moody. I like it.

[kali]

yikes wild animals roaming in the city, thank goodness it was only prickles you met

[Diana]

Beautiful shot, love the patches of ice.

[gloria jones]

Wonderful capture, dof

[Taffy]

Lovely capture -- and great ice formations.

[Maggiemae]

If you had to drag yourself out - perhaps you should have stayed there and enjoyed the result? This is quite amazing ice sculpture!

[K1W1]

We have the coyotes too. They were right outside our door the other night making it rather difficult to sleep. Nice capture of these prickley beasts.

[Kathy]

I really like the seedheads and icicle. Coyotes in the city! OMG! The hunters must be going wild. (I have a suspicion they're not allowed to hunt in the city, and so the coyotes live on. What must they be eating?!)

[Corinne]

Dark and beautiful!

[Wendy]

That's too bad about the artist challenge! It has happened to me as well!! I'm going to see if I can figure out a way to get a clock onto the Weekly SH*T list so we can all be on the same time no matter where we are in the world!

[summerfield]

@farmreporter - it's okay. there was more than enough for the host to choose from anyway, but i should like to have put in an entry. it is my most favourite challenge here on 365 and i try to participate. you do more than enough keeping us informed about the challenges so don't worry about it, wendy. i checked and the host didn't put a time in the deadline so it must've been past the date where they were situated. when i host any challenge, i usually make allowance for those who are in a time zone behind ours. but c'est la vie. i snooze, i lose! :-D thanks, wendy.