12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 9: Baking 📷

I was a little slow in getting a photo of our Christmas stollen.

“Brrrr”

Creek crossing on Goodman Creek Trail. Normally this is a dry rock-hopping crossing. Not today - I was up to mid-thigh wading it. Good thing I was wearing a wool base layer.

raging stream

12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 8: Grinch 📷

We went with a Grinch tree this year at our house. Don’t ask me why; all decor decisions belong to my wife.

“The Clump”

Just some tiny mushrooms along the Ridgeline Trail.

clump of mushrooms

12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 7: Solstice 📷

This is the sighting pedestal atop Mount Pisgah. It has slots to line up with solstice sunrise. Sadly it is socked in cloudy and raining this year, so here’s a picture from a sunny day a couple months ago.

12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 6: Sparkle 📷

Still photography of “Sparkle” is kind of hard, but perhaps this time-lapse ornament touches on the idea.

12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 5: Beard 📷

I didn’t have to travel any further than my desk for this macro shot.

close-up of mostly white beard

“The View”

Looking out from the top of Mount Pisgah on a sunny winter’s day.

“Sentinel”

There have been birds in this particular tree on my hikes so many times that I’ve started mounting a zoom lens when I’m getting close to it.

silhouetted bird in a tree

“Tuft”

Playing with in-camera focus stacking at Mount Pisgah.

A tiny clump of moss