The Day After Thanksgiving

On Friday, Nathan and I went on a walk to North Beach with Jill.  We needed to get out into fresh air, even though it was six below zero.  Fortunately the wind was not blowing.  The sun was out and it was beautiful.

Looking down the beach (we are standing on the ocean).

Nathan walking across the ocean back to the beach with Whale island in the background.

The ocean. 

Looking down into a crevice.  The crystals are about 1/2 inch long maybe a little more.

Nathan standing on a chunk of ice that was pushed up on the beach during the snowicane.

Our shadows: me, Jill and Nathan.

Footprints:  The footprints were left behind when someone walked on the snow and compressed it.  Later, the uncompressed snow blew away leaving white "shadows" on the dark ground.

When we returned from the beach, we noticed that our hair was covered in frost from our breath.  

My favorite part of winter so far is the sunlight.  Since the sun remains in the south over the horizon while it is up, it feels like sunrise/sunset the whole day.  The colors are really warm.