Here’s one of my dogs snoozing on the couch. Photographed on December 19, 2008.

We had more snow last night. It was only a few inches, but it made interesting lumpy shapes on our front lawn. Here’s a little “micro landscape” that I composed. Photographed on December 19, 2008.

I found this lone maple leaf lying on top of the snow. I like how it almost looks like a studio shot on a backdrop, even though it’s completely unmanipulated. Photographed on December 15, 2008.

We had some snow yesterday, which is rare here in the Willamette Valley. I went out early in the morning and tried to make a few images. Here I liked the contrast between the snow texture and the bright green blades of grass. Photographed on December 15, 2008.

I like the arrangement of these leafless trees against the winter morning sky. Photographed on December 15, 2008.

Fall may be over, but some of the blackberry brambles are still showing some color in their leaves. I forgot to bring my extension tubes, so I had to crop this one to get the composition that I wanted. Photographed on December 14, 2008.

This is probably my favorite image from this series of abstracts. Photographed on December 6, 2008.

Here’s another little abstract from the beach. I liked the red reflections from the sunset. Photographed on December 6, 2008.

This isn’t the most dramatic image, but I feel that it captured the weather on that day. I also liked the building on the left side, with the little cupola. Photographed on December 6, 2008.

I really liked the combination of the reflected light and these gentle ripples in the sand. Photographed on December 6, 2008.