My Winter Day at the Beach

OBJECTIVE: To post a nice wintery beach set.
After seeing all these fabulous beach sets lately on PB I decided to go to a beach on my lunch and take shots of a beach in winter. I happen to be near a beach that I have many fond memories of from my childhood, so I headed there thinking I'd capture the old merry-go-round that I learned what centrifugal force was and the dangers of it when I was 7. I also remember great big shade trees that ran along the beach and thought that would make a nice shot. Another shot I wanted was where the ice ends and the water starts, I love how dark the water looks compared to its frozen counterpart. And of course I wanted a sand shot what beach set doesn't have that?







Here is my lovely winter beach set

This is whats left of the playground I remember, notice no merry-go-round?
Didn't get that shot
:-(

I did assume the shade trees would just be the skeleton since it was winter but still beautiful.





Not much shade this year
Didn't get that shot
:-(

So our weather has been warm cold warm cold all winter, last week was plus 10 in my town 30 minutes away so I thought I would definately get the ice meets water shot.






Can you see the dark water? Nope lake is frozen all the way across
Didn't get that shot
:-(

While walking the beach to find the sand shot and enjoying the brisk -10 before the wind chill factor (which it was windy on the lake) I hear the odd crunch under my shoes. Thinking its just leaves under the snow I continue until I kick something hard in the snow.








Upon looking down I realize that wasn't leaves I was walking on
:-(

And lastly....






















































































I found sand.
WOO HOO!!
I GOT THAT SHOT
:-)