Ice storms are commonplace during the winter here in Virginia. Fortunately, our first winter storm on Thursday, December 14, was not as bad as some, coating everything with just a half inch of ice causing some power outages and tree limbs to come crashing down. We lost several large branches from a maple tree in our backyard, and a bush was split in half in our front yard. School was two hours late, but otherwise, it was no big deal.

For almost a year, I had kept a roll of Kodak B&W 400 Chromogenic film in my camera bag for just such an occasion. After capturing a few pictures in our yard, I stopped at Franklin Farm on the way to work to take some more pictures, then during lunch, I dropped the film off at the Photo Lab for processing. I think the film did a pretty decent job, and the processing was a snap!

Ice sickle branch with frozen buds in our front yard

Icy bush near barn at Franklin Farms

Ice covered pine branch and cone

Icy Tricycle on our deck.

Icy Rudolph in our front yard

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