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Oh, Jeffrey!!! This is actually the side view of the shot I took last week called Almost Home ... maybe that’s why??

Hiiii Maggie!!!! Oh, thank you so much, sweetheart … I just wish I had some sheep and / or a frosty bridge like SOMEbody I know!!! LOL!!! Hugzzz!!!

Hi Ann!!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!! I can’t get enough of the beauty up there!!!

Oh, Jeffrey … that’s right … I remember now!!! They call the area we’re in the Highlands … I think there are probably a lot of similarities between the two areas. Thank you again, so much!!!

Hi Evita!!! Thank you … it was a tricky day … the light wasn’t very cooperative when I was out!!! Very sneaky sun!!! LOL!!!

Hi Tim!! Thank you!!! And thanks for your comment on the name … it’s funny, but once an image “tells” me what it’s name is, it’s for sure something that I’ll work on until I get it right!!!

Oh, Mike … what a lovely, lovely compliment!!!! Heavens … I have soooooooooooo many more … I’m holding myself back here … don’t want to bore poor RB to pieces!!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!

Thank you, Lauren!!

Hi Els!!! What a lovely compliment!!!! It is exactly like that up there!!!!

Hello dp!!!! Thank you, thank you … what a lovely compliment!!!

Blair, thank you, thank you!!!!!! OOOO … I love your comments … always go straight to the heart of what I’m trying to portray!!! As if you can read my heart!!!!! Thank you!!!!!

Hi Stephen!!!! Thank you so much … the light was sooooo fickle!!! I have maybe 5 identical shots … taken one right after the other … and they’re all totally different because of the light … and it wasn’t even as if the sun was going in and out of strong clouds!!! Sooooo amazing!!!!!!

thank you so much, Bela!!! I’m so glad you like it!!!

Hello, hello dear Deb and Rick!!!!! Thank you … yes, the wind held off … but about 1,000 feet … or less … down the mountain there was still snow, but nothing stuck to the trees!!! A complete let-down!!!!! Only here on the very top did it look like this!!!

John, thank you sooo much!!! What a lovely thing to say!!!!!

Thank you, Wanda!!!! We’re going to have to coax you up north so you can see some of this kind of stuff!!!!!

Thank you, jesika … I feel the same way … every image on RB is beautifully reproduced … but the large sizes really make a difference!!!! Thank you again, sweetie!!

Thank you, Eva!!!! I just learned of it!!! I’m so excited!!!!! Thank you again!!

Oh, Mike, thank you so much!!!

Megan, thank you!!!! So glad you like this one!!

LOL!!! Bill!!! I love that you called it a “ripper”!!!! WHEEE!!!! Thank you!!!

Oh, Richie!!! What a fabulous compliment!!!! WOW!!!!! Thank you soooo much!!!

So so so so so glad I got it … it’s sooooooo versatile!!!!!!! And I really notice a difference in the quality of the shots … hardly any sharpening needed!!!!! WHEEEEE!!!!

Thank you so very much, Richard!!!! What a fabulous compliment!!!!

Hi Curtiss dear!!! Thank you so much!!! Yes, the light was playing games with me all morning … hide & seek!!!

Thank you so much, dear Andrei!!!

Hi Paul!!!! Thank you!!

Thank you, Sylvia!!!

Thank you so much, Jessica!!! I’m familiar with your work … I’m honored!!!

Hi Woody!!! Thank you so much!!!

Von!!! What a fabulous compliment!!!!! Thank you!!!!

Thank you so much, Henk!!

Hello, Gwen!!!! Thank you!!!!!

Hi Gary … you know, you just can’t beat that “mountain light”!!!

... laughing … Lynnie … you have me in fits of giggles!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!!! I wish you were there with me too!!!!! We have to find a way to do that!!!!

Lorraine, I’m so thrilled that you like this one … the light was seriously dancing that morning … very tough to catch, lol!!!

Angela … what a wonderful compliment!! Thank you, thank you so much!!!

Yes, Luda … we stayed up a few extra days this weekend … thanks, sweetie!!!!

Thank you so much, Robert!!

Thank you so much, Stephen!!

Hi Kathy!!! Thank you so much!!

Hi Diane!!! Thank you so much!!! You know, the snow up there can be so heavy … I guess the trees that can stand up to it, are the ones that survive!!! I have seen some bent completely over!!!

Hi Tony!!! Thank you so much … soooo glad you liked it!!

Hello dear Alf!!!! Oh what a wonderful thing to say … and coming from you … one of my all time favorite photograhers … ooo … I’m dancing on air!!!!!!!

Renee, thank you soooo much!!! Soooo happy you liked it!!!!

Steve!!!! You have me laughing for sure!!! Well, if it is, it’s an awfully cold one!!!!!! Thank you thank you!!!!!! I’m smiling ear to ear!!!

Thank you so much, Amy!!

Thank you so much, Mike!!

Hiiii Mary-Ann!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!

Thank you, sweetie!!

Hi John!!! Thank you … the lighting was soooo crazy that day!!!!

Oh, thank you sooo much!!!!! WHEEEEE!!!

Hi Barbara!!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!

Hiiiiii Larry!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!

you know how much I admire your work … and I’m so honored by your lovely comment. Thank you … truly … thank you!!!!

Hi Mike!!!! Thank you so much!!!! I’m so glad you liked it!!

Hi Michael … thank you!!! How fabulous of you to drop by!!!!!

Hello, ILpo!!!! Thank you, my friend!!!

Thank you, Pauline!!!!

Hi Rose … thank you very much!!

Hello Eric!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!

Thank you, Trudi!!

... laughing .. well go right ahead!!! ... Thank you, sweetie!!!! Ya got me grinning ear to ear!!

Thank you!!! Oh, you have to see snow … it can be soooo different from minute to minute!!!!

Oh, Peaches … yes … come and roll in it!!!! make snow angels!!!! Build a snow man!!!! It’s such fun … and last week, it was so wonderfully squeaky (that’s very good for snow balls and for skiing!) ... you’d LOVE it!!

Hello Eva and Klaus … thank you so much for stopping by and leaving such a lovely note!!! Yes, it is a change … I waited for days for the skies to clear so I could go out and take more white snow / blue skies images … I finally went out and snapped these … and I like them just as well!!! Isn’t that just the funniest thing??

Hiii Annie!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!

Hi!! Thank you so much for your visit and your kind note!!

Thank you, thank you so much!!

Hello Antanas!!! Thank you … I’m glad you like this one!!

Hi Paul!!! Thank you … the light was playing hide and seek with me … the low clouds were coming and going … I’m glad I caught a bit of it in this shot!! So glad you enjoyed looking at it, too!!

Thank you so much, Sandy!!!

Hiiiii Dave!!!! Yes, I saw!!! WHEEEEEEE!!!! Ain’t life GRAND???? Thank you thank you for coming by and visiting!! I’m so glad you found this one … I thought you might like it!!!!

Hello dear Heloisa!!! Thank you!!

Hi Cloudia!!! Thank you!!!

Hiiiii Lynn!!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!! Oh, you’re sooo kind to me … hon … a compliment like this from you is … wow … sooooo fabulous!!!!!! Hugzzzz!!!!

Hello Shannon!!!! Thank you so much!!

Thank you thank you!!!!!!! I wish you were here, too!!!!! Come oooooooon up!!!!!

Thank you very much, Sue!!!

Hi Kathy!!! Thank you!!

Thank you, thank you Edwin!!!!! No, your beautiful Malta doesn’t have a lot of snow, does it … but we’ll never see the sea from the top of this mountain either!!!! LOL!!! Thank you again!!

Anthony, thank you so much!!!!!

Hello dear Marjorie!!!! Thank you sweetie!!!

Thank you!!!!!!

thank you, Carol!!

Hi Joanne!!! Thank you … I sooo appreciate your lovely comment!!

Thank you Steve … yes you DID!!!! Pretty exciting stuff!!!! WHEEEE!!!!!

Hi Hi Hi Tibby!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!

Hi Sandra!!! I’d adore one more comment!!!! Thank you so much for stopping by and for your kind note!!

OH OH!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!! OOOO Happy Dance time!!!! YEEE HAAAA!!!!!!!! LOL!! Thank you thank you!!! SooooOOoooo exciting!!!!

Thank you so much … for your kind note and for the fave!!! YAY!!

So glad you enjoyed this one!!

Thank you!!!

Hello my dear friend!!!! Thank you sooo much … so glad you enjoyed it!!!

Hi Chuck!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!! It’s from last weekend … the snow was all over the trees … sooo beautifully!!!!

Thank you very much, Wendi!!!!! Soooo appreciated!!!

Thank you so much … yes, it felt like being in a fairytale when I was taking these shots!!!!!

Bevie, thank you, sweetheart!!!! So glad you liked it!!!!!

Hi Jan!!! Thank you so much … I have a couple more tucked away that I’ll probably haul out … I had no idea they’d turn out this way … the weird light and the lcd screen on the camera were pretty deceptive!!! Thank you again!!

Thank you so much!!!

Thank you very much, Tim!!!!!!! Very kind of you to stop by!!!

Hi Elana … thank you!!! I appreciate your lovely note very much!!!

Thanks, Brian!!!!! So glad you liked it!!

Hi Craig … this shot was taken in Pennsylvania.

Hi Richard!!! Thank you very much!!

Oh, Rosa … thank you so much … it was a silent and still moment in time indeed!!! You shouldn’t wonder … Rosa, you should go to the snow!!!!!

Thank you!!!!!

Hey Randy!!!! Great, great note!! To little me .. and what do I know .. but to me, light is as important an ingredient in most shots as composition, detail, subject matter … whatever. When there’s really good light, I’m hopeless. Hand me my camera and stand back!! The light on this day was soooo unusual.

Hiiii DJ!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!! We had one day of this very strange light … the sun was trying to peer through layers of gray … and the results are here. I didn’t think the shots were coming out … the lcd screen is sooooo deceiving.

thank you so very much!!!! It truly was a winter-wonderland kind of day!!!

Thank you so much, Robert!!!!

Hi Lana!!! Thank you, thank you!!! I was very lucky this winter to be up on the mountain when Mother Nature was showing off!!

Hello Gregory!!! Thank you so much!!

Thank you, thank you!!! So glad you liked this one!!!

Thanks so much!!!! It was an amazing day … I was lucky to be there!!

thank you … I was really lucky with the timing on this one. The weather on top of that mountain is always a surprise!!