Saturday, February 13, 2010

Snow - a woods in grayscale

Georgia has a wonderful snow today, and by that, I mean that we had snow that left the woods looking full of wonder.

I have seen a lot of snow over the years. Today's snow was spectacular. My son who has lived all his life in the South does not understand. Oh, he is enthralled by it, but he assumes that this is commonplace in the north. It is not.

Today's snow was relatively warm—for snow, and had large flakes. It fell without wind. We have a 10# fishing line strung between two trees and the snow stacked a half-inch deep in it! On a twig with a 3/8 inch diameter, it stacked over an inch!

The sky was a pearl white. There were no shadows. It was as if the entire woods was lit with a photographer's reflective umbrella.

Spellbound.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Groundhog Day

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. ~Maori Proverb

...to be continued.