First Storm of 2011

 

Well, 2011 is officially under way. The hustle and bustle of the holidays is over, the sleep deprivation from all of the celebration is starting to go away, and resolutions have been set (even by those of you whose resolution is to simply not have one). Mother Nature has been relatively unenthusiastic so far this year until today. Beyond being a photographer, my first passion is teaching and that is where I grew my roots in photography. I am committed to have both my teaching career and my business because I feel they both feed off of each other. Teaching forces me to keep learning and challenging myself so that I can better teach my students. At the same time, my business means that I am actually teaching what I am doing. I am not one of those people that tells you what the book says because it must be right. I try to keep it real. So, it goes without saying that the teacher side of me woke up this morning anxious to see what Mother Nature had finally decided to bless us with last night and, at the same time, how fast I would need to clean off my driveway to make it to work.

It is downright nasty outside today. School is closed. I can't see my driveway to even know where to shovel and snow blow. The snow outside my office windows is blowing up because it is so windy. Although I know I will have to venture outside to dig out this afternoon, I wanted to put it off a bit by sharing what my world looks like today. It looks downright picturesque when I ignore how cold it looks.

How are you spending your day?