Smatterings

  • walk with me wednesday

    Wednesday’s walk is late, having posted it Thursday, or early, I walked it Tuesday.  Pick your pick.  There was a lot of fantastic snow and two glorious sunny days earlier this week.  I wanted to see who had been out and about.  Snow this deep and soft means trouble for the deer and larger animals.  Smaller predators don’t sink as far and can make their way through.. like coyotes and fishers.  The deer are sitting ducks, so to speak.  They can’t get away easily.  Herds trample the snow to make trails.  My own trail had been obliterated by the latest storm.  I strapped on my larger shoes to better float on the snow and set out.   For reference, the screen on the sapling is 3 ft. tall. 

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    clearly I wasn’t the first one out for a walk

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    there had been a lot of activity at the otter’s house..

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    I got to the bridge only to find it nearly impassable.  Someone, perhaps a fox, had made their way across a day or two before.

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    Step by careful step, I cleared the snow from the bridge.

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    Only to find I was late for the party… so many prints!

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    The pond makes for easier travel.  The snow had blown and there were only 4-6" left.

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    8 responses to “walk with me wednesday”

    1. margene

      Look at all that lovely pure white snow and how fun to find that no man had been before but lots of critters!

    2. Carole

      Don’t you just love seeing all those tracks in the snow? Fantastic!

    3. elizabeth

      Beautiful! Don’t you wish you could have seen them all!

    4. Dorothy B

      Wow, that is a lot of activity! It looks like the critters had far to go before they slept.

    5. Carol

      What a busy place! It looks so beautiful!

    6. DebbieKnitter

      I absolutely LOVE your blog!!! Everytime I come here not only do I get stunning knitting photos but your Walk with me Wednesdays, to DIE for. Love it, love it,love it. Thank you so much for sharing these photos.

    7. Theresa

      Love the photos, again. Wish I had a more creative comment, but really, I just love the photos.

    8. Karen

      Enjoy your blog and your beautiful photos.

  • finding beauty

    a winter garden…

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    or perhaps the inspiration for a fantastic textile pattern..

    17 responses to “finding beauty”

    1. Carole

      That is very cool.

    2. margene

      Oh my gosh…that is so beautiful!!

    3. Pat K

      I do so appreciate your beautiful pictures. The Divine in the ordinary.

    4. Ella

      They look like little violet petals scattered about. Frost and snow make the most amazing patterns!

    5. Ruth

      I love that! I see it as a print – cotton or maybe silk….

    6. Anne

      It looks like some of the embroidered Japanese obi cloths. Lovely!

    7. Manise

      Are all of those lichens? Wonderful!

    8. Diane E.

      Outstanding photo!

    9. Dorothy B

      So pretty! I think that would look really good as a fabric.

    10. La

      Oh wow! Truly breathtakingly gorgeous as only nature could provide.
      Thanks for capturing it for us!

    11. Marcy

      They look like icy dragonflies! Wondrous. 😀

    12. Norma

      That sort of thing is one of life’s great wonders. So glad you caught its image!

    13. Lia

      So pretty! You’re right, that would make a gorgeous piece of fabric.

    14. cyndy

      That is just so beautiful! Love it! It is so random! Love it!
      Don’t you feel like you have been given a gift when you find a “visual delight” like that? Thank you for taking the photo and posting it!

    15. sprite

      It reminds me of the scene from the first Harry Potter movie when the flying keys all crash into the door.

    16. JessaLu

      That is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time – Mother Nature is pretty amazing :o)

    17. Sonya

      That is amazing!

  • the after

    During the past week, the nearly 50" of powdery snow has settled into a much heavier 30+ inches.  The dig into the house took only about 15 minutes, the cats waiting and watching from the car.  When finally released they jumped into what must have seemed mountains of snow and ran to dive under the deck.  That, the under, no longer there.  With their world miserably changed, the ran to the door and the land of familiar.  Poor things, they keep trying.  Shoveling the deck was more akin to calving icebergs.  The snow, though not icy, had formed a solid mass, perfect for cutting into blocks, stackable.  I cut chunks a foot by two and pushed them to the edge in hopes of getting them to roll down towards the pond and away.  The piles are now as high as and a foot above the decking.  Today, the blowers go into action.  Big guns.

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    Not much time for spinning today… and tomorrow, we travel back south.  An expected death in the family.  The owl had come to me in my dreams Saturday night, I knew it would be Sunday.  In the the morning, the excitement of getting packed and ready to travel had pushed my dream away.  Not until I spied a hawk at the side of the road did my dream return to me.  The trip would be cut short.  Maybe we’d have time to dig out.  We continued.  Onward. Forward.

    Fly high.  Travel well until we meet again.

    13 responses to “the after”

    1. Manise

      Dreams and omens- I get those too sometimes. I’m so sorry about the unexpected death. Safe travel back south. I’ll be thinking of you and those affected by it.

    2. Ruth

      Wishing you safe travel….

    3. Carrie

      Safe travels.

    4. Kathy

      I’m so sorry for your loss. Have a safe trip.

    5. Norma

      Drive safely. I hope that blizzard doesn’t come up here. We have been horrible slackers and still haven’t even fully shoveled off our deck. We figure we need to replace it anyway, no sense straining our backs to clean it off. The piles are just like yours, so it’s truly back-breaking to shovel it and pile it higher. And I’m sure we only have a fraction of what you have.

    6. Kim

      I knew you were expecting this, but it is still hard to loose some one. I’m sorry. Travel safe!

    7. Anne

      Sorry to hear of your loss. Be safe in all that snowy-road travel.

    8. Laurie

      Amazing premonitions. There are all kinds of energy in the ether. I’m sorry.
      Safe drive. It snowed back here a bit.
      Such a visual picture, the calving of the icebergs, and making igloo blocks.

    9. Carol

      So sorry for your loss. Be safe and warm.

    10. Pat K

      Condolences. And have a safe trip.

    11. Fiberjoy

      Have you read the book “I heard the Owl Call My Name” by Margaret Craven, originally published in ’67, many printings the last in 2005.
      Hope your trip was serene, and that all is well with your soul.

    12. cyndy

      …peace be with you on your journey…you have my heart and thoughts during this time of loss…find the things that bring some comfort if you can.

    13. Cathy

      Expected deaths are still not easy to bear. Take care of yourself and yours during this time.

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