A Long Winter's Rest

I woke up this morning to the second snow of the year.  Typically we only get one or two, but it's only mid January and we've already hit our quota, which may mean we're in for a rough winter.  After a long week of really dreadful insomnia, it felt good to sleep in late this morning and be greeted by that added brightness that snow brings only to know that apart from the mad dash to feed and water all the critters, I did not have to be out in the snow.  

It was around this time last year that I decided to step back from blogging a little.  I was doing one post per day and it was taking up a lot of time.  I didn't mind too much when I had more free time, but life has become particularly busy and I just found myself becoming more and more exhausted trying to work it all in.  Something had to give.

Unfortunately it was the blog.  It was really the only thing I had the power to prune in the schedule, so I did.  I cut my blog posting in half and it made a big difference.  The trouble is, sometimes the less you do something the less you want to do it.  I love taking photos on a beautiful spring, summer, or autumn day, and I'm thankful that the warm days lasted all the way through December last year, but winter is finally here, and I have not missed winter photo sessions, so this winter, I may do next to none.

I have lots of things in the works right now, lots of projects and lots of plans.  Just....waiting on the weather to cooperate a little more.  After so many years of waking up before dawn and taking photos in freezing temps in order to have a little privacy during the golden hours, I'm taking a little break this year.  

Instead we're spending most weekends sleeping in, enjoying the sunrise instead of racing against it, bundling up in lots of layers and looking at the cold world through a window instead of shivering out in it, hoping my goosebumps don't ruin the photos so that we have to go out again and re-shoot.

This also gives me the opportunity to use a lot of the shots that get lost in the shuffle.  I hate to see them sitting in the folder, just waiting for their turn, so now it's their time to shine and my time to hibernate for the winter.  I'm sure I'll get out and do a few photos in the next few months, especially if we have another lovely snowfall, but if not, then I'll definitely be out for the spring flowers once they come around again.