the garden

It was tea time

i was walking to the kitchen when
the light in the windows caught my eye.

The kettle could wait a few minutes
while i went outside
stood in the garden
and looked up, and all around
at the feathery sky

Where am i?

Have i been transported
to another land?
Perhaps southern England
or northern France.

It is very mild in these parts.
As a British friend says,
"We're having a proper English winter."

At Greenwood last weekend
there were snowdrops!

wintersweet was in flower
and filling the soft breeze with its heady perfume



(Don't let those diminutive
blooms fool you. Their perfume fills the air!)
However
it usually doesn't flower around here
until March.

And, then...
at home
in the chilly front room
where potted plants spend the winter
a viola!

Change

Sunshine!
On south facing slopes, patches of earth are appearing.
The once deep blanket of snow is wearing thin, full of holes.
Another inch disappears each time i turn my back.

Yes, we may yet have more snow fall.
But the sun traces a higher arc in the sky, each day.
The empty seed pods of iris, black eyed Susans, and coneflower have sprouted out of the sparkling
counterpane.
The melting has begun.

Snow Squall

Sitting at my desk
soft flakes began floating by the window.
It quickly changed to a short-lived squall.
If it were summer, i suppose it would be a called a cloud-burst.


The mob of flakes swirled this way and that past and toward my window

It's very cold

And the wind bites.
Two of us know how to cope.

Was it a warning?

i know that old saying is found in the Bible
but it doesn't seem to always hold true.
This time, a troublesome freezing rain-ice storm soon followed.

Snow Caps

This is what happens when a lovely, fluffy snow falls
and there is no wind

Snow day

 

trying my hand at impressionism again
click on the image, if you like. i think it looks better larger

fern

Winter willow leaves

the last willow leaves shine in the late evening light.

the camera's sensor must be adjusted to its highest settings
and gives a graininess not unlike film would.