Driving to work this morning was both a pain and a pleasure. It was very cold this morning; en route my car's thermometer hit a low of 4 degrees (F) on the east side of Strongsville. At home and in many areas along my route, hoar frost had coated very twig producing an amazing landscape at every turn. It was a beautiful trip but painful to resist the urge to play hooky, wade through the snow, and take photographs everywhere I went. Helping little, I told myself to simply enjoy the passing view and not worry about photographing. Still, I did succumb and pulled into a conveniently located Metroparks parking lot immediately adjacent to an open field lined with flocked trees. The sun was just beginning to illuminate the treeline when I shot the last of my morning's pictures.
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What a lovely picture. I do not know how you were able to leave this beautiful area and head to work, except perhaps the cold spurred you back into the car!
The cold would not have stopped me! Concern about being a responsible employee kept me on schedule. Hmmmm… growing up may be a bad idea. If given the chance, I'd have explored that frosty landscape until the sun finally erased it. So very beautiful a morning! — JG