I love the holiday season, but this year it has thrown some of my better habits off-course. There was a period of denial after Thanksgiving, then the cold weather arrived, now Christmas is imminent.
I would like to blame my not getting out much with my camera recently on all of the holiday build-up, and I guess there is a grain of truth in that. By last Thursday, however, I started to feel cranky, and realized the reason was that I desperately needed to get back outdoors.
The next morning I headed to work early, but with my camera on the passenger seat. I took a detour toward the upper Kinnickinnic River. The temperature was in the very cold range. I paused for a while at the Quarry Road crossing and found this ethereal moment unfolding.