Happy New Year!

As if to show all us doubters that there was still a little kick left in it, 2010 finally gave us the snow we’ve all been hoping/waiting/praying for this winter. It was a last-minute, “Hey look at me!” endeavor by good ol’ 2010. (As a middle child, I can fully relate to these tactics.) And who can blame him? Shiny and new 2011 was just about upon us and who doesn’t love shiny stuff? (It sparkles!) So, as a parting gift, we received about 4 inches of powdery, white snow throughout Thursday. (Hey, that also sparkles!)

I ventured out Thursday afternoon to shoot a few weather photos. But with the snow came bitter, frozen temperatures (go figure) and in this case, blustery winds, and so I only got a few before I gave in and retreated for some coffee.

And there you have it, the final, decidedly frigid frames from my 2010.

I hope you all had safe, happy, adventurous celebrations to ring in the new decade.

I also hope you all have a safe, happy, adventurous 2011.

This is the sort of post I always want to finish off with some words of wisdom or quippy advice. But instead I’ll just quote Susan Orlean, who tweeted this afternoon:

“So far, 2011 has been a great year. #optimism”

That’s the spirit.