If you are dreaming of a white Christmas in Ada this year, better dream on.

However, if you’d like to recall what a white Christmas in Ada resembles, these two Karen Ward photos may help get you into the Christmas spirit.

After taking a look at our feature photo above – it shows Ada on the first day Christmas, taken by Ken Collins – you can compare a green Christmas with a white one.

The white Christmas photo with this feature is taken near the exact spot of the green Christmas photo above. The only different is the white photo looks north; the green photo looks south.

More about the winter photos
Local photographer Karen Ward recently produced a book of 50 photographs of the village titled "Scenes of Ada, Ohio."

It is for sale at the Art Gallery on Main. Karen has taken pictures of town ever since she arrived here 25 years ago.

The 10" by 10" book includes familiar places (ONU, Wilson's, the parks, churches, grain elevator) and the unfamiliar, only what a creative artist might see (weathered siding, weeds blooming along a roadside, snow scenes).

Karen says she has always enjoyed taking photos of Ada because it is quaint, beautiful, and historic place. The book, mostly a collection of photographs, does have some text, including this comment, "Ada may be small, but it is a place of big hearts."