I love how 12 days ago, I wrote about missing “real snow…the kind of snow that accumulates to a foot,” and then voila! They’re calling for 12-18″ of snow in Roanoke! Hardy har har. If I say it, it will come.
Jeff was able to leave work early today as did a lot of other people and I sat outside to wait for him (and to watch the snow fall). Leave it to me to only use the deck in the winter. It was very peaceful and lots of cars actually drove through the grassy part of our apartment community to cut through our parking lot from the main road because there was an accident and lanes were backed up. I saw one truck go up the hill sideways and it took Jeff and hour to drive what would normally take 20 minutes. I don’t think SW Virginians are used to these driving conditions. And of course I had to do a little time-lapse with my iPhone of the snow fall. It automatically stopped shooting at 1000 frames so here it is to the tunes of Matt Pond PA’s Snow Day:
I miss all of the happenings that go on in NYC: the life-long friends, the crazy experiences, the late-night Pommes Frites, photo opps at every corner, and of course the vast variety of uh-mazing foods, among other things. But every time I leave our apartment and hit the road, I am always in awe of the view. I have to admit, I love being surrounded by mountains and the natural surroundings were missed while living in a giant metropolis. Can’t appreciate it that much in this twelve-second video but that was the reason I started the time-lapse mid-way through our drive to Jeff’s parent’s house. The clouds and mountains were beautiful that evening and I wanted to capture a glimpse.
We spent Saturday evening making our annual gingerbread graham cracker houses and it was a good, messy time as always. Stryper, the cat, jumped in me and Jeff’s lap a few times and just sat there and licked our icing foundation away (we let him until an entire corner went missing), and Desmond (age 2) kept eating Patrick’s house. I’m sure Lily (age 3) did some silly stuff as well but I can’t remember. Lisa, Jeff and I were able to build our houses in one go but Pat and Chris’ collapsed and then were rebuilt. If you watch the time-lapse (below) and pay attention to theirs (toward the right of the frame), it’s fun seeing the houses build up and then down and then come back up again. This time-lapse thing is totally my new toy. I’m making time lapse all over the place.
This video clip was made with my iPhone using the iTimeLapse app. It’s been really fun playing with it and I’m predicting many more clips to come. This particular project was 870 frames, one frame every three seconds. Music is “Your Hand in Mine” by Explosions in the Sky.
Hi! I'm a photographer and writer and wife and paranoid germaphobe who lives in Roanoke, VA. Traveling, good reads, and witty people with lovely brains are a few of my favoite things, but photography and writing are what this web log is about.
