I’ve been living in New York close on 15 years now, and I still love the snow. Fortunately, I don’t have to dig out a car or shovel a driveway, so my experience is that of pure pleasure and fun. There is something about the sound of snow crunching under my feet, and the tingle of the snowflakes brushing my face. Central Park and slopes around the city are abuzz with the laughter of children and swoosh of sleds. Ballfields buried under heavy snow become galleries for a myriad of snowmen. Snow brings a brief respite to the gloom of winter.

There are many amazing photographs capturing the beauty and ethereal feel of a blanket of pure white snow. Lisa M. Robinson’s ‘Snowbound’ images, featured on MediaStorm are simply stunning. The images were shot over a period of five winters from New York to Colorado.

Photographer: Lisa Robinson
Producer: Eric Maierson
Graphics: Jacky Myint
Executive Producer: Brian Storm

I recently posted the photographs below to a group on Flickr; an image and video website used to share personal photographs. The following day I received an email informing me that I had been banned from the ………… group. No explanantion as to why, or the name of a contact if I chose to inquire, was provided in the email. I appreciate there are guidelines, but this felt somewhat drastic. Straight out of an episode of ‘Survivor’ [insert Jeff Proust's v/o here]. “The tribe has spoken……you have been banished from the group and must immediately return to your photostream“. What’s a girl to do? How does she console herself and gather the strength to carry the stigma of a lifetime Flickr group ban? With a couple of cherry pull-n-peel Twizzlers! My go to food whenever I’m faced with a crisis (or anytime with tea)!

So, here’s to not taking life, or ourselves too seriously.