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Arctic weather returns to South Bend (did it really ever leave?)

These days South Bend is feeling more like Siberia. If the substantial snowfalls we keep getting aren’t enough, we are also constantly dealing with sub-freezing temperatures. For the second time this year, the city of South Bend declared a winter weather emergency. And this is coming from a city that is most certainly accustomed to big winter snowfalls. It’s hard to stay creative from a visual standpoint in these arctic weather conditions, especially since I’ve been shooting the same photos in essence since late November. Spring cannot arrive soon enough.

Winter Weather
Erika Cruz, a South Bend Parks and Recreation employee, uses a blower to clear snow off the sidewalk in front of The State theater on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in downtown South Bend. A frigid and snowy month continued as temperatures plunged below freezing yet again. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Winter Weather Returns
Drivers gingerly work their way south on Indiana 933 past the Chase Tower on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in downtown South Bend. Sub-freezing temperatures and blowing snow returned to the Michiana area yet again. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

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Ice Tic-Tac-Toe at the Hunter Ice Festival

Hunter Ice Festival
Reese Muessing, 7, of Granger, ponders her next move as she plays her twin brother, Remy, in a game of tic tac toe carved out of a piece of ice during the Hunter Ice Festival on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, in downtown Niles. The festival featured several interactive activities carved out of ice ranging from ice corn hole to ice ping pong. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Celebrating the Scottish New Year in South Bend

South Bend New Year's Eve
Ed Wolf celebrates the Scottish New Year with his nine-month-old son, Joaquin, just after 7 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at Fiddler’s Hearth in downtown South Bend. The restaurant marked the Scottish New Year with a toast from the first-foot – the first person to cross the threshold after the New Year. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
South Bend New Year's Eve
Couples toast the Scottish New Year just after 7 p.m. EDT as Mark Neal, the South Bend City Controller, performs first-foot duties during a celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at Fiddler’s Hearth in downtown South Bend. The first-foot in Scottish lore is the first person to cross the threshold after the New Year. Neal brought charcoal for the restaurant’s fireplace and whiskey as gifts. Neal will run the city as the deputy mayor for half of 2014 while mayor Pete Buttigieg is deployed in Afghanistan with the Navy Reserve. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Downtown South Bend nightscape from above

I had the opportunity on Friday evening to get on top of the County-City Building to photograph a firework and lights show marking the 50th anniversary of the end of local Studebaker production. While I was waiting for the show to begin, I shot a few nightscapes of the city’s skyline below. It was a foggy evening, which didn’t work great for my fireworks photos but made for some neat nightscapes.

Downtown South Bend
Downtown South Bend is seen from the County-City Building on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)