“"History will record that 2009/2010 was the year of the demise of Christianity because it snowed every weekend and all the churches went broke." — Rev.  Dean Snyder, via my friend Chris Owen’s Facebook page

That’s very funny.

The weekend’s storm was incredible. Well, at least for this area. It was beautiful and annoying all at the same time. I’ve been lucky enough not to be stuck in the snow at all while I’m driving. Though in the passenger’s seat of my brother-in-law’s 4WD F150 we spent nearly 30 minutes driving back and forth attempting to escape an off-ramp after helping a stuck driver. We succeeded in escaping, but unfortunately the driver eventually had to ride away without his car.

The photo at the top of this page is a close up of the little stick poking out of the table on the image on the left here. It’s a measuring stick. The photograph was taken before the snow ended at about 28 inches.

And, with all the snow, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make it the subject of this week’s video blog. Enjoy.

For the first time that I can remember, there is actually a substantial amount of snow on the ground on Christmas Day! It’s a special novelty in our culture and one that I’m only now able to experience for the first time.

Very cool. Merry Christmas, everyone!

It’s nights like these that I feel a certain obligation to have my camera with me. Tonight is the first significant snowfall of the year and potentially the only real snowfall of the year.

As I walked the streets listening to Damien Rice’s album “O”, carrying my camera and looking at the quiet, nearly vacant streets a certain sense of melancholy fell over me. There is something very honest, and peaceful, yet sorrowful about snowfall. The solemn and the cold drove me back in doors, but not before taking this photograph.

Though it may be relatively generic, it does seem to convey my feelings at this time—whatever they may be.

The Washington D.C. area doesn’t usually see too many aggressive snow storms. People usually start getting nervous about driving once we get around 2 inches of snow. This seasons, for the most part, hasn’t bee any different. At least not until last night.

In the last few breaths of the winter season we finally got something worth calling a snow storm. Since about 2:00pm yesterday, we’ve had snow coming and going in varying intensities which has now resulted in around 8 inches of snow. Of course, that’s not much compared to our friends up north, but it’s substantial for us.

Anyways, while doing a bit of late night sledding with some family, I spotted a fantastic photograph. A few hours later, these results emerged.