Yesterday we received around 6 inches of snow. I had to get it plowed early because rain is forecast for the afternoon. The rains came later than foretasted but they did arrive by evening. Not sure how much we received but if I had not plowed the snow it would be a real mess this morning. As it is what is laying in parking area and driveway will be ice by tonight. It is suppose to get well below zero the next couple of nights. I do not mind the snow and ice unless it is one of those winters where we get well over 100 inches. It has been awhile since we got over that amount. The last time was back to back winters ans we received over 150 inches each year. One of those years most of the snow dropped over a 3 week period. I frequently had to plow twice a day.
I have many seedlings ready to transplant in my plant room. So today I will build some hydroponic units. I have 3 containers (10 gallons or 37.8541 liters). I have six more containers ordered. I was hoping I could have practiced with my tripod and movie settings to do a video for d.tube. Not enough time so I may just take photographs.
I think some bright colored flowers are in order today. I am trying to mix other photos with flowers to stretch my flower photos until Spring. I think a bright blue is a place to start. This flower looks like Status, which go wonderful in flower bouquets:
Someone asked to see photographs of my wife's chocolate pies. She makes them from scratch using real cocoa(they are deliscious):
This next photograph are my holiday cookies. My mother baked these every year. She made and sold a lot of these cookies over the years to help help earn money during the winter. For many years after I left home she sent me some for the holidays. She had to stop baking years before she passed away so I had to learn to make them. I am not as good of a decorator as she was, but they are still delicious. This is just a small sampling that I made. I always give some to my daughter and granddaughter as a gift.
Here is another flower photo I took last summer. I am sure I posted other photos of it, but this one was not coded so I assume I have yet to use it:
Here is a photograph from yesterday morning before the temperatures warmed:
As I was about to go out and plow snow I spotted this flock of Wild Turkeys just outside my fenced back yard. I had to rush my shot because my youngest dog came outside and decided it was her job to chase them away. They were already on the run when I started snapping photographs. This was one of the better photos:
I will close this weeks post with another yellow flower. With all the snow it is very bright and cheerful.
I hope everyone finds something to their liking in the photography. Have a great week and upcoming week.
I am using a Canon EOS Rebel T5 for all of these photographs, except where noted.
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What a great photo - i wish you happy new year @r2cornell
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Wow its really amazing photography . so very beautiful flowers and great work.
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happy new year to you too and all who are reading this, good collection of photos
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I am amazed that you have wild turkeys walking around your house, we would have eaten them a long time ago :) Great photo. Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. All the best!
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I usually hunt Turkeys so we have something besides venison, but during the Spring hunt is when my wife was ill. For the Fall hunt I had a lot of venison to process. I do all but the sausage making. I still have some turkey in freezer from last year. They are a bit tough to chew, but making some turkey vegetable soup takes care of that.
The photos are great, especially the cookies are so delicious. Thank you for sharing with us
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It's a pity that it started to rain. For me, winter should be with snow. We already have a lot of snow, and the frosts are not lagging behind - 15%. Your flowers in the photo warm the soul :)
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Yellow color pigments are very detailed in your photography sir. It is really amazing to see both purple and yellow shade in this blog. I want to see more color in 2019. Happy new year sir.
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you are welcome sir.
it would be great if i test this delicious chocolate pies....
But i am so glade you remember my words and share this photograph..
And Big thank you for supporting me sir.
Have a great week for you....
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Really awesome photography. I liked it and Happy New Year.
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I always enjoy your photography. You are not only a great photographer but also a great man. I love you.
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happy new year enjoy. That is wonderful photography and great camera shots .nice looking for flowers photos.
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Happy new year to you too Mr. Cornell!
I wish this new year brings a lot of happiness for all of us.
Your holiday cookies still looks good which shows you have learnt very well.
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Fabulous photo-shoot, resteem this post
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Happy new year @r2cornell
and how are you @r2conell
Thank you very much. I am doing well and looking forward to a better year in 2019!
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Really all photography are amazing sir
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Excellent post, Happy new year too
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Selamat pagi pak, sebelumnya saya tidak lupa meungucapkan selamat tahun baru.
Mulai hari ini kita sudah menikmati hari pertama tahun baru sudah kita tinggalkan tahun 2018 mulai hari ini dan hari seterusnya kita sama-sama doakan diberi umur panjang, mudah rezeki dan sukses ditahun baru ini dan tidak lupa pula kita doakan semoga jauh dari semua bahaya atau musibah.
Ostingan bapak hari ini saya suka sekali terima kasih.
Terima kasih banyak. Selamat Tahun Baru!
Mari kita menantikan lebih banyak ketenangan di dunia (dalam segala bentuk).
Your photos are wonderful, just love the turkey shot, we see them all the time here in Upstate NY and yes sir, they are hard to capture on camera, they really can move when they want to, good job. Happy New Year !!
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We have had several flocks but a couple moved on to "greener pastures". This flock is pretty good size. We did not see them all summer even though I have a water tank for the deer, and fed the deer all Summer because they were in bad shape. Turkeys always seem to stay in good shape. Thankfully the deer recovered nicely and have plenty of fat on them to help them through the winter.
Hi @r2cornell, Happiness, peaceful and prosperous New year to you.
I'm always loving your real macro photo clicks.
Namasthe.
Happy new year to you and your family. Love and blessings!
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I am wishing you happy 2019,may this coming year brings happiness and prosperity to you and all people with good health ,chocolate pie and cookies are looking mouth watering thank you for sharing.
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It is just awesome. Happy New year 2019 my dear @r2cornell Sir. You are my best Grandfather in steemit. Thank you for all the lovely moments in 2018. May this continue even better in 2019.
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Me fascinan sus publicaciones, todas sus fotos son maravillosas. Feliz año nuevo amigo r2cornell
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very nice nature photography my dear friend @r2cornell
great work my dear friend
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Now, that would be a hilarious video to watch. lol
your cookies seem great btw
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You are right it would have been great watching a 35 pound dog rush the fence and get excited as the turkeys ran off.
happy new and thanks for sharing nice photographs.
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Nice pics and very cool weather . Namaste and happy 2019 year .
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Beautiful colors! Hope you will have a colorful 2019! :)
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Welcome back to back with great photography @r2cornell. I have to admit that people have crazy craze in your photography. 89 comments are here, mindblowing.
Thank you very much. I used to get 150 and higher but a lot of people dropped out. Plus I think steemit has been cleaning out some of the multiple accounts. I also muted a lot. I sometimes do not have the time of SP to visit everyone's posts because of the number of comments (126 at this writing).
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wow this nature photography is very beautiful .thanks for sharing this post.
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Fast sorry for leat response it's very interested photography I like your excellent flowers photographs
Happy new year sir
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Happy New Year !!!
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very beautiful and Amazing photos flowers i like this photos
HAPPY NEW YEARS 2019 TO ALL
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Amazing photo and happy new year!
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Ahaan, Happy new year to you too.
Glad to see your flower collection after a long time, I was busy in the hospital.
Wishing you a happy and healthy life ahead :)
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Let us have a better new year!
Its amazing sir @r2cornell. One thing I learned from your post, don't ever stop creating, age is not a barrier to doing something. I am happy to know that you are in good health to do all that. I am as youngman must learn a lot from you. And it's true that flowers always create enthusiasm. I hope your plan succes and Happy new year. Gid bless you
Thank you very much. I plan on breaking through 100 years old and hope to continue to be as active as I can. Long ways off so lots to do. A friend of mine who is around 25 years younger than me asked "don't you ever stop being busy?" My answer is NO! I always have many more things I have yet to catch up on or to try.
Happy new year sir
Wow fantastic photography. so amazing garden viewer. looks like.
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so beautiful flowers brother
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Happy new years too...
Thank you very much. Happy New Year! Now this photo looks like a nice place to escape some of the cold winter months. I did spend a few years in my youth in a semi-tropical area. When temperatures started dropping toward 21 C, the locals broke out their winter jackets.
very beautiful photography . thanks for sharing this post dear @r2cornell
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What is this?
Chocolate pies.
oh, whats name this chocolate's
Made with cocoa...not sure how else to explain. It is wonderful
Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_bean
Okay @r2cornell
Happy New Year sir @r2cornell. I wish new year is better than our previous days. I always appreciate your photographic magic. Have a nice day. God bless you.
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Wow wonderful photography. the great post . its really sir.
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We wish you abundance of joyous moments. Your being with me is so enriching!
Happy New Year! 🙂
Beautiful nature, food and flowers photography.
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Happy New Year sir @r2cornell
Nice photography. I like your every beautiful photography. Really awesome.
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Wow..Beautiful photography. Good work. Nice flowers, nature and food photography. Happy New Year sir 🙂
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Happy new year to you and all your family i hope in 2019 all your dreams be real
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I would love to eat these cookies ;) can i get these ?
LOL! They are wonderful. I will eat a few today for you and send the thoughts your way.