My family just spent the weekend in the mountains, surrounded by snow and enjoying life! In the 6 months that we’ve lived in Southern California, I must confess that I’ve started getting used to the weather. But as soon as we got out of L.A. and into the mountains, I was reminded that I truly am a mountain girl at heart. I guess 3 years living in Montana and 8 years in Colorado will do that to you!
We headed to Mammoth Lakes, CA, and arrived just a few hours before a massive snow storm rolled in. The next 48 hours brought nearly 3′ of snow and then on the third day, the sun finally emerged. We headed out on cross country skis through a veritable winter wonderland, under a canopy of evergreens with the sun shining overhead. The landscape was made even more magical as gusts of wind blew snow off the pine boughs, raining down in a powdery mist. I can’t think of a more perfect place to be {underneath}.
As always, you can follow along with several other talented photographers in the Photo-a-week project for 2012. Here’s here’s the list!
Michelle, Heather, Jenn, Heather. Rhonda, Tracey, Stacey, Andrea, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah, Janet, Lesli, Carla, Lena, Rose, Naomi, Tracy, Heidi, Veronica, Amy, Kristin
gorgeous!
i am a spoiled mountain girl.
we live just mins from the canadian rockies.
but i am sure that i would get use to the sunshine too.
(especially when i know we still tend to get huge dumps of snow in april!)
What an awesome underneath photo! I never even thought of taking the perspective of underneath!! so creative! Glad you had fun in the snow!!
What a great description and a beautiful photograph. I love how you captured the powdery mist!
Wow Amy! That shot is amazing!!!!!!!
this is such an amazing photo! love your take on this challenge, amy.