When you don’t have to travel, ice and snow are not the burden they are to a driver. You can wander a little outside your home and take pictures, bake banana bread, put out carrots for the bunny that appears at dawn, feed the birds, make ice lanterns.
The ice lanterns above were made by John’s children, and the photo was taken by my daughter-in-law. I love the smoky, swirly, mysterious aura that she captured.
My own 2018 ice lantern is below. My husband was critical to the enterprise. If you want to make an ice lantern yourself, check out an earlier post, here. You need a really cold day.
Right before Christmas, I took several photos of ice on trees and bushes because it looked so pretty. I know it’s not good for plants, though.
Sandra M. Kelly is the photographer behind the two photos of frozen bodies of water in New Shoreham — water that hardly ever freezes. It didn’t stay frozen long enough for her to get shots of ice boat racing, however. New England is swinging too quickly from deep freeze to balmy.
The big snow January 4th produced the mountain I noticed in a parking lot and the deceptive cushions on Suzanne’s porch furniture.
Lovely photos!
Well, right now I ‘d go for a few dats of taking pictures of magnolias somewhere warm.
I love your photos. I also agree that the winter is beautiful when you do not have to go to work or comute. I am missing the winter this year as there have not been much snow
I know you miss seeing snow, but I hope we don’t get any when you come in April. That can happen, but it’s too late.
Such a strange winter! The white “cushions” are so comfy-looking and I love the ice-encased berries.
A strange winter indeed. Right now a heavy rain is making a forlorn part of Providence look like a movie set.
so pretty
Hoping to find beauty wherever she hides.
Yay for slowing down and honoring winter the way we did before fossil fuels made our lives somewhat season-less… Thank you for the lovely images.
I’m way more concerned about fossil fuels than I was before hearing Bill McKibben speak in Concord last week. I need to find a way to be more engaged in the movement to end them, besides giving to 350.org (350 is safe level of carbon in atmosphere — 350 parts per million).