As I’ve mentioned to several of you, it isn’t always possible to walk and post on Wednesday. Sometimes, and this is one of them, I have to do my special walk beforehand. Today’s was walked Saturday. Hope you aren’t too disappointed. ( Don’t think that means I don’t walk Wednesday too, I do.)
Today’s walk is special to me, more of an amble, less of a walk. It’s already way too late to have pictures like these. This has been such a funny year. It was cold, quite cold, early in October. Then came November and unseasonably warm temps mixed with sudden drops. There isn’t any real snow on the ground. That’s what makes this walk special. Soon, everything will be covered, white. The pond froze quickly, when it finally did. Almost as I watched. Over the course of a few days, the ice crept over it. The wind pushed the ice flow towards the spillway forming lines and folds. Amazing stuff. To give you an idea how fast this was, the pond is over 5 acres. It kept it’s clarity because there wasn’t any snow fall during that time, nothing to cloud it. Just the sky to reflect the most amazing colors. I walked at the shoreline and was surprised to see frogs swimming away from me under the ice. And, fish. Like a peep hole into another world.
No, that is not a fire on the island. Though it may be a mystical burning bush. Light is amazing.
Then back to work cutting balsam.
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13 responses to “walk with me wednesday”
I love your ice photos!
Such beauty. I am fascinated by the translucent window/prison/protection forming. So fast! We have no ice here yet. The occasional skim forms in a forgotten plastic garden barrel, only to melt with the arrival of day temperatures. Soon enough. I love the clarity of winter.
The ice on the water is so fascinating to me. Silver Lake had the same covering a few weeks ago and it is now solidly covered with several feet of snow. You’re walks are always wonderful.
Posting at 5:50AM? Wow!!!
That’s some special place you live! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful, amazing photos of the pond! Will you skate?
No ice here yet. We are still “collecting’ tics off the animals and finding those big, husky flies on the garage door in the morning. It doesn’t happen too often, a freeze before snow! Great Pics!
I love it when the ice forms before the snow comes. It’s especially cool if it gets thick enough to skate on before the snow and slush clouds it up.
How marvelous to see the sheer bit of ice and everything underneath it. Your pictures really capture the essence — I can almost smell the cold in the air.
Beautiful and magical, thanks for sharing your walks!
Exhilarating walk & pictures. Thanks for sharing the beauty of your world.
A burning bush! Did anyone speak to you as it “burned”?
The idea of ice on anything for more than about half an hour on the coldest of mornings is just totally foreign to me. Let alone this snow stuff. LOL. Thanks for sharing it 🙂
These are wonderful pictures, as always. That third picture looks oddly like it was taken from deep underwater, rather than on land. Very interesting (and cool) effect.