Sometimes you just gotta love living below Lake Michigan! When we moved to NW Indiana in 2000 I thought that “lake effect snow” was just for people who lived in Buffalo, NY! Well, I was wrong! Granted, we get our share of regular winter storms that come crawling through the plain states, mess up Chicago and then make us look like a winter wonderland. But, when it comes to a low pressure system making its exit over Michigan the winds shift and blow straight south over Lake Michigan, pick up a bunch of moisture (when the lake isn’t frozen over) and then dump it right on our house! It can be sunny and beautiful just a few miles in either direction and a complete bizzard right in this area.

Now, don’t think that I am complaining about this... That usually happens in mid to late March if this cycle keeps up! ;-) I really love the snow and I love AWD vehicles! I decided to go out this morning and grab some images before the wind starts to blow all the snow off of the trees. I would have stayed out longer and brought more than just a D700 and a 24-70mm lens but it’s Michelle’s car and she had to go to work.

As a bonus, I started a time lapse movie of this whole event yesterday with a Coolpix P6000 camera on a tripod in the front window of our house... It’s a big file (80MB) and may take some of you extra time to download so I posted it on a separate page... So, if you’d like to check it out then click HERE...