Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

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                         View from my kitchen window
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                         View from my mailbox
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                        View of my road
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                        Another view of my road
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                        And another
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                        Heading down towards the state line
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                       Roadside weeds
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                       Someday, Little One.... someday....
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                       Scott Brook
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                        Snow shadows 1
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                        Snow shadows 2
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                        Critter playground
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winter wonderful !

I guess you have to keep an eye on the trees hovering near the house. My brother has a similar setting, and he's taken down 15 trees is 30 years, that might fall on his house

yeah, I've had to take down a few over the years, and I could stand to take down a few more, especially along the power feed from the road. Their shade is nice in the summer - the view looking up the driveway is to the south - but gets pretty alarming during ice storms.

it's quite expensive in the parts

I live in the city but had to take 2 down, and nearly broke the bank...

last time I checked (and that was a while ago) the going rate around here was about $1000 per tree. I'd made a pact instead with a logger who agreed to take down a handful of specific trees in exchange for whatever saleable timber he could harvest from my land. It worked out pretty well, but he's no longer abailable, so the next few are going to cost......

Beautiful photos! The snow and shadows look so peaceful!

I had a huge tree fall on my house several years ago. It was scary as hell. It went straight through the roof and dining room ceiling. It destroyed my back deck. Maybe I’ll post some photos of it one day. Thank goodness it didn’t damage the structural integrity of the house and I had insurance. It took months to get everything fixed.

Well worth the money to take down trees that could fall on your house.

I had plans to remove that tree before the big event. I could see it was dying. I had a credit card! I didn’t act fast enough. Good thing it didn’t kill anyone.

Nice shots. The little tree buried in snow ("Little One") reminds me of Charlie Brown's little Christmas tree.

Doreen Peri wrote: ↑

February 6th, 2026, 6:33 pm

...I had a huge tree fall on my house several years ago. It was scary as hell. It went straight through the roof and dining room ceiling. It destroyed my back deck. Maybe I’ll post some photos of it one day. Thank goodness it didn’t damage the structural integrity of the house and I had insurance. It took months to get everything fixed....

I had one spear through my roof after a once-per-century ice storm back in 2008 that knocked out my power for a week. I had replaced the entire roof only weeks before - it wasn't even paid for yet. I just abandoned ship & crashed at a motel until the lights came back on. But for the deductible, my homeowners insurance covered most of my expenses - patching the hole, my motel tab, food lost to spoilage... Inexplicably, they didn't cover the septic-safe antifreeze I'd poured into the drains before bailing out! It was only $20 or so, but it was intended to save them thousands to replace ruptured pipes. Go figure.

Glad you liked the photos. Hereabouts I gather I'm known as "that old guy with the camera". I wouldn't mind if that became my legacy here.

mnaz wrote: ↑

February 6th, 2026, 8:03 pm

Nice shots. The little tree buried in snow ("Little One") reminds me of Charlie Brown's little Christmas tree.

thanks! I like the minimalism of it. I'd tried zooming out to get more of the surrounding snow field, but there were rocks and other stuff scattered about.

wonderful wonderland shots, especially like the critter trails. we didn't get more than a hint of snow this year, yet. it's been so mild I have snowdrops blooming. but we often get false spring and then a nasty storm to freeze everything.

Thanks, those game trails are everywhere, esp. around the waterways. Haven't seen any moose tracks yet, but before the snow fell I was finding their droppings out in the woods.

The last 10 yrs or so we've gotten more "wintry mix" than snow - the worst of the worst, sleet, freezing rain, ice. Last winter was more like the old days, this one seems veering that way too - too cold for rain, with lots of powdery snow. It's starting to wear a little thin, but I'll take it ove the other stuff any day.