Watch Anime Online Anime Wallpapers naruto psp ads


Create a Meebo Chat Room

Thanks Unexpected Snowstorm For The Sore Back and These Nice Pictures

There’s just something “wonderful” about a snowstorm that all forecasts say will only drop 3 – 6 inches (~7.6 – 15 cm) of snow in your area and you wake up to find that 19 inches (~48 cm) of snow has fallen. So on the day I was planning to write a few posts up for The Null Set – maybe get to a few winter impression posts or mention how much I’ve been liking Kobato lately or get to my top 2009 picks or figure out what else I should do with the 400 screen shots I took from the latest Gurren Lagann movie – instead I was out shoveling snow. I can’t really complain, though, I saw video from the mudslides in California and I have to say that I’d prefer snow removal over mud removal any day.

While I was out today, I took a few pictures and figured I’d share since it’s not everyday that a person gets so much snow dumped on them. :)

Click on any picture to enlarge, if you so desire.

Bird tracks in the snow

I'd've love to have seen that squirrel as he made his way through the snow.

Even on a day like today, the birds are cautious.

Two of the really big crows that live in our area.

The amazing thing is about 20 minutes after I took this shot, the street department actually plowed our street. It normally takes several days for them to bother.


Filed under: other wallpapers and pictures

A Wintery Visit to the Beach

Posted by Author | Anime Review, Manga Review, beach, lake erie, other news, other wallpapers and pictures, snow | Sunday 17 January 2010 8:10 am

Today it hit a balmy 40 degrees F (4.4 deg C) so my family decided to take the 1.5 hour drive up to see how the beach looks in winter time. Turns out, it’s really cool both figuratively and literally. In the picture above I’m standing about 20 feet from shore over Lake Erie itself – the mixture of ice/snow/sand felt solid but it still was a bit unsettling to know that I was walking on the lake itself. Below is more shots that I took including one of the snowman that two of my sisters made.

Posted in other news, other wallpapers and pictures

Why isn’t autumn featured more in anime? + It’s winter now

Posted by Author | Anime, Anime Review, Manga Review, anime rants/views, fall color, other wallpapers and pictures, photographs, snow | Thursday 20 November 2008 8:43 pm

img_0182

One of the things that I’ve wondered about the Japanese is: why isn’t autumn featured more in anime? There’s countless examples of cherry blossoms during the spring in anime but there’s almost no emphasis on fall leaves which I think is just as lovely. This year, while watching my Japanese maple, I had an idea. As you know, Japanese maples have red leaves year round but they get redder for fall. The problem is that the added color lasts about 3 days before the leaf drops off quickly. So maybe, Japanese trees, in general, don’t stay colored long enough that autumn leaf watching became a cultural thing.

img_0210

The day after these two pics, every leaf on the tree had fallen off. Another thought I had was maybe because winter comes so quickly after Japanese trees turn colors, autumn doesn’t leave as much as an impression as spring does with the cherry blossoms. These pictures where taken on Nov. 7 and the pictures below where taken Nov. 17/18. (click on any pics for full-size versions)

img_0222img_0227

img_0231

img_0239

Animal tracks, I think it's a rabbit

img_0238

img_0254

Posted in anime rants/views, other wallpapers and pictures      



Read Manga Online | Osaka Hotels - Large range, many locations - Save up to 70% on Osaka Hotels.