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Magical Solstice
Yule Lunar Eclipse
We had a gorgeous view of the moon hung low in the West this morning and we were awake to see ourselves start to cast a shadow over her. It was not as dark as it might have been, since the snow cover reflects an eerie blue light. We fuddled with cameras and then I gave up and just watched the universe at work. What a sense of stillness and movement as the earth's shadow ... read more
Morning Sunshine
I confess I am tired of the snow.
It's hard walking a hound in a world where the motion of cars is The Most Important Thing. This translates to a street where the pavements have been used as a dumping place for snow. We have to walk on the road. Is it on the road, or in the road? Either/Or.
People are digging out their cars and throwing snow onto the pavement, ... read more
Twitterings
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Ice Maiden
Staying with the icicle theme because they will be gone soon enough, and I'm enjoying the challenge of trying to do them justice. The second shot involved lying on the floor under the window to get most of the 2' + length of the icicle in without a background of houses. It's a beezer! I had to shoot through glass too (there's probably a setting on my camera for that but I'm not that sort of a ... read more
Transient Pause
The icicles at my bedroom window today... They have an Otherworldy quality with the mix of sunshine and black clouds. Patience caught a drip in motion. Part of me wants them to stay forever...
The person I was yesterday is not the person I am today and in the next moment I can be different again, if I ... read more
December Window
This is the view from my bedroom window this morning. But then again, the view has changed. The sky has since filled with dark grey clouds and I played with some photo editing software to get the orange horse effect. Can one improve on nature?
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Twitterings
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Altered Tree
Just playing with an image I grabbed yesterday... experimenting with software... ... read more
Snow Shoes
It finally snowed last night. All week I have been seeing pictures, news reports, status updates and chatter about snow. All week I have been trying to big up the slivers of frost caught in the gaps between paving stones, willing them to expand. Last night we took the hound for his bedtime walk. I wore a fleece and a singular pair of trousers. It was cold, but yet again - no snow. As we rounded the corner and looked out over the Firth, we could see the ... read moreTwitterings
Why do I never have my camera when there is a huge Buzzard sitting in a tree not minding me walking right by it? *sigh* # The #wildlife Daily is out - read this Twitter newspaper on http://bit.ly/aBaaw6 (225 contributions today) # The #wildlife Daily is out - read this Twitter newspaper on http://bit.ly/aBaaw6 (222 contributions today) # Goddess Spiral Mandala Pendant http://www.taexalia.com/2010/11/goddess-spiral-mandala/ # The #wildlife Daily is out - read this Twitter newspaper on ... read more
Twitterings
The #wildlife Daily is out - read this Twitter newspaper on http://bit.ly/aBaaw6 (187 contributions today) # The #wildlife Daily is out - read this Twitter newspaper on http://bit.ly/aBaaw6 (260 contributions today) # The #wildlife Daily is out - read this Twitter newspaper on http://bit.ly/aBaaw6 (231 contributions today) # The #wildlife Daily is out - read this Twitter newspaper on http://bit.ly/aBaaw6 (220 contributions today) # Spent the week "in the studio" making Rorschach ... read more
Twitterings
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