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It snowed a little bit on Friday night into Saturday, the first snow we've had this winter (the October storm doesn't count - that was fall).

So, I got in the car and drove around some of the back roads looking for pretty scenes to shoot. I wasn't feeling very inspired but I felt like I should at least try. I got a couple I liked, including this one.

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It snowed a little bit on Friday night into Saturday, the first snow we've had this winter (the October storm doesn't count - that was fall).

So, I got in the car and drove around some of the back roads looking for pretty scenes to shoot. I wasn't feeling very inspired but I felt like I should at least try. I got a couple I liked, including this one.

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The theme for this week is "My Passion." I'm passionate about photography, of course, and those who follow my stream also know I'm a musician.

But I have a third thing I love to do, which doesn't often make it into my pictures, and that is biking. So, this is a little still life of my bike gear with the front wheel as a backdrop. I ride outdoors year-round as much as possible, but last year I bought an indoor trainer because it's tough to find the time to ride consistently in the winter when the weather is bad and it gets dark before I even leave work.

My goal for this year is 5,000 miles, or about 100 miles a week. So far I'm on track - 313 miles in three weeks.

No, I haven't decided to take up real estate photography.

This was an assignment from my mother a couple of weeks ago - go to the site of the house where a great-aunt and uncle used to live and get a picture of the new house that was built on the property after it was sold when they passed away. Some cousins were curious to see what the place looks like now.

The original house was a nice one-story home with white stucco, a breezeway and a small garage. The new one is bigger, of course, though certainly modest in comparison to other new houses in this area.

Rose taking a little "cat" nap.