9 February 2013, Day 249

The sky is so clear and blue today that i had to go with a daytime shot. 

I love the selectivity of photography. This snow-capped yew bush looks so beautiful and rustic here, like something you might see while cross-country skiing 100 miles from the nearest town. But in fact, it's outside of the sketchiest apartment building on the block, the place that i couldn't walk past for the past several days until the sun finally melted some of the ice and snow that nobody had bothered to clear off the sidewalk.