Finding Color in a Wintery Landscape at Chagrin River Park

We’ve had an unusually long stretch of bitter cold temperatures, coupled with lots of snow. Even though there isn't much to see outside but mostly white scenery with bare trees, one can still find color in the landscape. Here’s a photo I took a few weeks ago at Chagrin River Park. There was a massive ice jam on the Chagrin River and the river was nearing flood stage. (I believe the park was closed the next day.)  One nearby area was filling with slightly muddy and icy water which reflected both the pale color of the sky and the dormant grasses. It looked surreal to say the least, but at least it brought a touch of color to an otherwise bleak landscape. (Click on image for a larger view.)

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Bitter Cold Brings Beautiful Frost

The bitter cold temperatures really have a grip on a large part of the country. The upside is that the frost patterns change daily showing their various fractal patterns. Based on the sunshine – or lack of it – the patterns can sparkle with beautiful colors or they can look like black and white pictures. Here are some photos taken this past weekend and this morning.

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Sub-Zero Frosty Fractals

The recent Polar Vortex brought record low temperatures here (-11 degrees) for two days. My garage windows sometimes get frosted when it is extremely cold, and I enjoy seeing the frost form their fractal patterns and sparkle in the sunlight. Here are photos of the frost, with a little bluish background color from the snow on the ground outside.

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Computer Motherboard “City” & Snowy Landscape

It's obvious that winter cabin fever has set in when I find myself looking around the house for things to photograph. The recent New Year snowstorm that hit the Midwest (now affecting the East Coast) kept me housebound and a landscape covered with well over a foot of snow makes for boring pictures. I decided to take apart an old, inoperative computer and realized how much the motherboard looks like a miniature city, so photographs were in order. (At least I was able to put that dead computer to good use.)

OK, I admit it. The snow was piled so high that just had to take a picture of some bushes in the yard, topped with over a foot of snow.

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Chagrin Falls At Christmastime, After Heavy Rain

Here’s a animated photo of Chagrin Falls, taken yesterday. The Chagrin River levels were very high due to the combination of snow melt and heavy rains and the waterfalls were roaring. The stairway to the falls were closed at the time; I assume there was a concern over people slipping on the wet stairway (or the danger from the high water levels from the river).

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A Halo Around The Sun

The sun was rising though some cirrus clouds on this very cold and crisp morning, the perfect conditions to create a halo around the sun. The rainbow colors were faint but it is still a sight that can take one’s breath away! Here’s a photo I took of this lovely weather phenomenon.

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Autumn at Tinkers Creek Gorge in Bedford, Ohio

Another one of my favorite locations to view fall colors: the overlook at Tinker’s Creek Gorge in Bedford Reservation, which is part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and also part of the Cleveland Metroparks system. Despite the fact that the fall colors seem a little dull here in northeast Ohio, this view still is breathtaking. Here’s a photo that I took today (click on the image for a larger view).

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