An Autumn Snowstorm…

The weathermen said we would probably miss the storm since we were so close to the coast  and we did miss the worst of it.  So it was exciting to see the flurries as we were driving home Saturday night and it was quite amazing to wake to a couple of inches of snow on Sunday morning.  It was just three weeks ago when we were sailing in unseasonably hot weather.  Mother Nature is playing games with us I think. 

 


 





We were fortunate not to lose power so we could enjoy the whole strangeness of snow in October and still have family and friends over for dinner…

There are so many textures to be found on this snowday walk that I decided to add this to Kat Eye Studio's Exploring with a Camera link-up.



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A Weekend Walk in Haiku…

All in fun, and inspired by Ruth of synch-ro-ni-zing, I went for a walk with haiku in mind….

So many acorns

squirrels will feast this winter

Oaks will grow in spring.

Young couples picnic

Old hunters start the season

I walk a worn path.

Midas touched maples

Reach out in autumn’s embrace

Gone with the next storm.

Ferns flicker yellow

The forest floor is aflame

No water will quench.

 

What’s Blooming in Arcadia…

The Saints of April

by Todd Davis

Coltsfoot gives way to dandelion,
plum to apple blossom. Cherry fills
our woods, white petals melting
like the last late snow. Dogwood's
stigmata shine with the blood
of this season. How holy
forsythia and redbud are
as they consume their own
flowers, green leaves running
down their crowns. Here is
the shapeliness of bodies
newly formed, the rich cloth
that covers frail bones and hides
roots that hold fervently
to this dark earth.
      --For Jack Ridl

"The Saints of April" by Todd Davis, from The Least of These.© Michigan State University Press, 2010.

Blossom time doesn’t last long enough…If it gets too hot,  too rainy,  too windy,  the blooms fly away…But for this one week of the year…I luxuriate in crabapple blossoms…

…and cherry blossoms…

…and dogwood blossoms.

I do wish they lasted all summer…

My blogger friend Susan at Bear Swamp Reflections shared an Andrews Sisters apple blossom song…here is another.

…and if that isn’t enough…while I was browsing throughYouTube I discovered the Puppini Sisters…Love them!

Flooding…

 

Not only were all records of rainfall in RI shattered during the month of March, but my computer decided to breakdown too…

 

…so as the water rose in the basement and we tried to pump it out as fast as it came in…I could take photos but I couldn’t share them.

 

We were actually lucky… our furnace worked after the water receded, the road to town was reopened in two days, and we only lost power sporadically.   As for my computer….I finally got it back and I’ve been busy putting all the programs back in…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ice Abstractions...

We have been having some rain and warmish weather...I would rather have the snow...

A New Year's Day Walk Around the Pond...

...and the  first time I felt like taking photos in a long time...Join me...

...the sky looks as grey as the land...

Kaja joins us but hates the camera...

The trail goes over several bridges...

And crosses a dam...

The brook is incredibly loud ...

The beech tree leaves remain golden on the branches...

I find hearts...

Halfway around...

Looking back towards the dam...

Your life is in your own hands...

The north side of the tree...

and back where I started...

My favorite walk doesn't take very long...but it does restore me...

My word for 2010 is Restore...