The Tease

The first snow is always an important time of year. It's usually unexpected and when it does come it seems to put everyone in a fairly good mood. Just to be able to see white flakes fall from the sky for the first time in months is an awing experience.

This first snow really only has one purpose, to tease. It snowed last week and now the weather is quite the opposite. I've finally realized that the snow isn't what everyone gets their hype from, the hype comes from the reality that winter is truly coming.

When this first snow hit I was outside, I closed my eyes and got lost in thought for a few moments, and before I knew it I was in the cold, white paradise of winter. All the human senses can tell when it is snowing and as humans we 100% relate the snow to winter. These senses completely fooled me, I actually believed for a second that I was in the dead of winter. A slight nip from the cold and the soft touch of a flake on the cheek coupled with the thought of the winter to come drifted me further into the dream. Then I opened my eyes and realized that the first snow had once again fooled me just as it does at about this time every year.

Before I knew, it had came and gone but in that short time it served its purpose well by leaving me wondering when it would decide to visit again.

I've been shooting a ton in this last week and I feel that I've been getting some different shots that I'm liking quite a bit. I'm trying to keep those to myself until the gallery at Java but heres a few of the shots that won't make the cut from the things I've been shooting in the last week: