Every so often, I get in the mood to sell items that I do not use enough to justify holding on to them. I view it as a form of recycling and an excuse to spend time in my photography studio making product shots. Pictured here is a DeWalt Impact Driver which was one of a half dozen tools I put up for sale today on Craig’s List. I freely confess to being a tool junky in need of a 12-step intervention of some kind. I currently own five DeWalt cordless drill/drivers (a big 20V hammer drill, a medium-sized 20V drill, a small 12V drill/driver, and two 20V impact drivers; not to mention my assortment of corded and pneumatic drills). Even though each tool is unique in its specialization, it is impossible, even for even me to justify keeping them all. Any time I sell some tools (or photography equipment) I feel entirely justified in using the proceeds to purchase something new. In this case a cordless grinder and cordless oscillating multi-tool.

The Old North Bridge was deserted when I stopped in after dropping Maya off at school this morning. I fought my way through waist high snow to position myself for this photo. Aesthetically speaking it is not particularly strong but as a study in shadows, it is quite interesting indeed (to photographers, at least). See if you can determine where the sun is situated (answer at the end of this post). Last night, high winds proved to be the last straw in bringing down the gutter on the back side of our house. One more spring project to add to a long list of repairs that will be needed to recover from this winter’s extreme snowfall (note the 4 foot high bank which still resides on our deck).

~The sun is coming from behind the photographer whose shadow can be seen on one of the bridge supports. The remaining shadows are created by trees and not by the bridge as might first appear to be the case~

Another couple of inches of snow last night necessitated an early morning outing with my trusty snowblower. As weary as I have grown of this task, I am looking forward to the forecasted storm for later this week. Hopefully it will produce enough snow to establish the all time record snowfall for our area. Having endured the blizzards, I would like, at the very least, a record to show for it. During a few hours of the afternoon, temperatures rose slightly above freezing for a brief respite from the cold.

Maya’s futsal season came to an end this evening on a high note as her team won in decisive fashion against a strong opponent. The coach requested a team photo and I was happy to oblige. As I was switching the settings on my camera from shooting the action to shooting the portrait, I made the image below which I actually find much more interesting.

To celebrate the first day of spring, I decided to give snowshoeing a try today. Jeanine loaned me her gear and I ventured out on a three quarter mile circuit around the inside perimeter of the field behind our house. I was under the misguided impression that snowshoes allow you to remain on top of the snow. This was true to the extent that I did not sink all the way to the bottom of our remaining 30 inch base. Instead, each step would plunge 6 to 10 inches into the powder which made the relatively short trek quite a workout especially considering that I had spent an hour in the gym earlier in the day.

Maya scored a pair of goals in her futsol game today. She has quickly learned the sport and her foot skills improve each week. She is pictured below scoring one of her goals and winning a header.