As a child growing up in MD I hated that the harsh, cold weather started weeks before winter officially began. Here in SC, winter weather doesn't typically commence until the actual solstice. Christmas lights are displayed way ahead of time, then quickly removed them as the bleakest time of year begins. Ours go up only days before the holiday in celebration of our Lord's birth & remain up to warm this dark time of year. (Ok,we keep a lot of white ones up year-round for pool & "deck-time"). In this somber, bare time of year I love their soft glow & warmth.
For the most part, people around here have stayed off the icy roads & I have relished in the silent calm of life without vehicular groans. I was recently out shooting on a windy night in sub-freezing temperatures. As I stood in the road well past midnight, I found it odd to hear a car crunching along in the night. He slowly made his way passed & I wondered if anyone had clued our new neighbor in on my tendency to wander around with my camera at strange hours. In any case, my favorite blessing of winter lights comes when they are enveloped in snow or ice.
This is kind of a "cold shot", but it was taken just about the time the neighbor drove past. I had been out awhile & my camera kept clouding up, but it is a particular favorite of my husband.
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