“Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life…” - from “Clearing”, by Martha Postlethwaite
Hello friends! Making space - a clearing - is on my mind. It sometimes seems that everything is so busy, so full, and all I want to do is find some space. It’s been an amazing week at the lake and now I have a few thousand unprocessed photos to try and sort through, but what a lovely problem to have.
Here are some photos for today:
Sunrise, January 15, 2025. Now THAT is what a January sunrise should look like!
My little junco friends have been playing in the snow.
It’s just a step to the left….and a jump to the right… (name that tune!)
Splash landing
Fascinating to see how the ice evolves when it hangs around for a little while.
Pretty…but don’t touch!
I just love the way ice forms differently every single time it freezes.
Mrs. hooded merganser gave him a head start on this 20 meter dash…
…but she closed the gap quickly…
…he never really had a chance. Mrs. merganser by a body length.
It’s funny that humans build so many things with solid colors and straight lines, because nature almost never uses either.
A giant heart in the sunset, January 11, 2025.
I don’t see a lot of kingfishers this time of year!
Just two mallards out for a stroll on a cold winter’s day.
Every little snowflake is like a frozen feather.
Wishing you plenty of spaciousness this weekend.
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Karen, simply worded, this post today is glorious! With your images I sometimes turn my phone for a portrait/landscape comparison. The January 15 sunrise took on a nearly panoramic quality in landscape view! Has lake ice become solid enough for walking? You after me. 😁
I remember in my PA days, with snow, sleet, blizzards, and lakes with ice a foot or more in thickness, we’d become restless for signs of Spring, yet still harbor twinges of wistfulness when the last ice had thawed on lakes and rivers. Since you share the NOW views of Nature you take us along through the annual cycles of Nature, of Life. Thank you so very much, Karen, for sharing your creativity. 🙏🏽
Beautiful photos as always, the sunrise is spectacular, and that junco in the snow is the best. Its feathers look downy almost, and furry and warm. Those juncos!
Karen, simply worded, this post today is glorious! With your images I sometimes turn my phone for a portrait/landscape comparison. The January 15 sunrise took on a nearly panoramic quality in landscape view! Has lake ice become solid enough for walking? You after me. 😁
I remember in my PA days, with snow, sleet, blizzards, and lakes with ice a foot or more in thickness, we’d become restless for signs of Spring, yet still harbor twinges of wistfulness when the last ice had thawed on lakes and rivers. Since you share the NOW views of Nature you take us along through the annual cycles of Nature, of Life. Thank you so very much, Karen, for sharing your creativity. 🙏🏽
Beautiful photos as always, the sunrise is spectacular, and that junco in the snow is the best. Its feathers look downy almost, and furry and warm. Those juncos!