What a difference half-a-day makes…
Spectacular snowy sights of early morning,
give way to ‘back to normal’ by lunchtime.
Bird seeds available…
a maple branch springs back and…
a stick snowman disappears leaving a bamboo wigwam.
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A Walk in the Park
A walk in the park.
A short walk in the snowy park.
Delicate, soft snow. Deep, top-of-the-boots snow.
Grey skies overhead, clouds swelling
At the riverbank, bare branches protrude
and summer grasses rest over winter.
Snow slides down the bright, slippery slide: where are the children?
A lonely leaf resists winds and hangs on as long as… ?
Two dark blue berries hang on, too… for early birds in spring?
Black and white reflections in dark, cold water.
Through a pipe darkly: whooshing water
with receding ice
and a blanket of snow.
A walk in the park – and back again…
Serious Snowstorm Number Two
The second serious snowstorm starts around seven in the morning and lasts all day and all night: soft, silent, swirling snowflakes floating, fluttering, falling.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
Morning breaks with brilliant sunshine,
brilliant, blue skies and brilliant, white snow…
superbly fresh, white, powdery snow.
It’s pretty on Boxwoods…
and soooo pretty on Blue Spruce.
It makes a snow-topped table with spectacular edges
and windswept waves and dugouts around the bushes.
Snow is useful, too!
Snow sculpture is special…
and spectacular!
When it will fall?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss
Kiss:
Will they or won’t they?
Large milkweed bugs (oncopeltus fasciatus)
…more information on milkweed bugs:
http://insected.arizona.edu/milkinfo.htm
Serious Snowstorm Number One
The first serious snowstorm of the season starts in the afternoon with bitterly cold, driving winds
and the cedars bend and the birch trees shiver
in almost whiteout conditions.
In the morning, the ‘double-shovel’ snowshoveller appears
and bit-by-bit, foot-by-foot pushes the snow down the driveway
and then, the driveway looks like this.
The big, yellow snowplough cometh…
and the big, yellow snowplough goeth.
Cedar Waxwings arrive; to see if the ‘double-shovel’ snowshoveller
and the big, yellow snowplough have done their jobs!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Home
Home
The snapping turtle carries his ‘house’ on his back…
and heads for his lake ‘home’.
The midland painted turtle carries his ‘house’ on his back…
and heads for his watery ‘home’.
Green ants work together to build their house of leaves
before they live in it and call it home.
Wasps work together to build their house in the highbush cranberry branches
before they live in it and call it home.
And guess who lives at the bottom of my garden?
Whose house is this?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved
2013. A new year. A winter in Canada.
From tropical heat to snowy cold.
Aahh… but, the snow is pretty!
Picture postcard pretty.
Spectacular snow scenes.
Brilliant blue skies – some days!
Snow-white snow.
Resolve: take LOTS of ‘snow’ photos.
Not just pretty.
Different, unusual, curious, ‘out of the ordinary’ snow shots.
Diverse perspectives.
Delicate, light, fluffy fresh snow.
Gluggy, heavy, sloppy, dirty snow.
And… already a participant in ‘snow shovelling’ 101.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate
Delicate silky threads flow from a crusty milkweed seed…
… after the milkweed seed breaks free from the firm, grey pod.
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