Wednesday, January 12

I'm nervous.  This is my first post on my new blog, with a new commitment to 12 of 12.  I'm not new to 12 of 12, as I tried it "unofficially" last year with a couple of buddies.  After having made the commitment to do this for real, I awoke to 13 degrees, and the commitment was tested....


We met at Panera for a hot shot of caffeine, planned our strategy and set out to see what interesting things we could stir up in the dead of winter.  Turns out there are a number of things winter doesn't extinguish....

The first thing I noticed is what nice patterns the bare trees make against a winter sky.  10:38 a.m.

Silhouettes also look nice against the snow (what precious little of it there is in Tulsa right now!)  
10:40 a.m.

The green leaves may be gone from the mimosa tree, but it is now clothed with glorious gold pods.  Winter CAN be beautiful! 
10:56 a.m.

A pond in a nearby neighborhood produced some interesting subject matter.  It wasn't entirely frozen, and apparently a duck lives there.  I loved the white feathers against the backdrop of the wintry, icy water, and he seemed happy to have some company.  11:14 a.m.

All alone, he entered the water and claimed the pond for his own.  The light caught the water in tiny floodlights as he confidently glided around his "stage".  11:15 a.m.

A light smattering of ice rested on top of the water in pretty patterns at the edge of the pond. 11:17 a.m.

This was a beautiful place.  I stood back and took the scene in as a whole.   11:19 a.m.

Leaving the pond, we went in search of a waterfall we thought might be frozen.  Along the way, we found this blue-eyed buck.  He didn't seem to mind that we came very close to take his picture.  
11:32 a.m.

Stopping for lunch, my eye caught the nice curves and contrasts of the stairway at the restaurant.   12:18 p.m.

I also liked the designs on some of the decorative tile.   1:01 p.m.

A small corridor of pampas grass against a blue sky makes winter come alive.  1:55 p.m.

At the Silos Corporate Park we found a couple of beautiful old silos dating back to pre-statehood days.  Sandwiched between the pampas grass and the blue sky, they made a fitting closure to a wonderful winter day of fun.  2:00 p.m.

Welcome to my 12 of 12 world, Gracious Viewer!  Hope you enjoyed my day as much as I did.  See you next month!