Hometown Snow Wonder

New Year's Eve 2009 was a blast, for various reasons. People were excited about the chance to ignite their fireworks AND freshly fallen and settled powder snow coated nature and the city...just like in the story book...source of the photo: local newspaper "Maerksiche Allgemeine".

Christmas Tree in German Countryside

And this is what the Christmas tree looks like in Kyritz, my hometown in Germany. A modestly sized Scotch pine from the vast, surrounding forest. (source photo: http://www.kyritz.de/)
Location of Kyritz, Germany