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Out of the Ordinary

Month: December 2008

  • Still snow dazzled

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    Snow to the east….

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    ….snow to the west……

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    ……and far off facing north.

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    The nectar in this feeder had not frozen overnight  but the mustaches delayed breakfast for the hummer until the alternate feeder was put outdoors.

    Magnetic snow.

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    Look closely…..can you see them?  If not, move on to the next picture and then come back…..

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    I do not find it easy to photograph bubbles in the snow so feel greatly fortunate to have somehow captured this bubble peering through another one.

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    In Ontario I discovered that wearing sandals with thick woolen socks  keeps  feet  surprisingly  warm in cold dry snowy weather.  This snow was cold and  wet and these are rubber clogs and I was wearing them to shovel the deck – but – standing  in the snow was pure playfulness.

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    Late afternoon, errands done, home with a coffee from the cafe that was  closed yesterday, I sat in the garden and shared a stare with the turtle that serves as a foot rest when not thusly cloaked.
    I could smell woodsmoke from someone's fireplace.  Now and then was the sound of birds.