On all but the foggiest of days, I enjoy a view of the San Juan Islands glowing across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Today is a sight I have never see: a dark cloud hovers overhead, casting the water in deepest shadows, while far away, the islands shimmer in late day sunlight. This reveals [...]
Continue reading...21. December 2008
I can’t ever remember being able to celebrate a White Winter Solstice except when I lived on Mt. Hood in Oregon years ago. That makes this year extra special. The madrona trees with their reddish bark look especially dramatic in their white coats. Living on the 48th parallel where light is a precious commodity in winter, [...]
Continue reading...19. December 2008
Snow crystals deepen to tints of blue in the afternoon shadows. This powdery stuff would be fine to ski in, but is useless for snow people (or my preference, snow poodles). Having hung up my skis long ago, the best I can do to enjoy it is photograph it and meditate on the essence of snow. White has so many interesting connotations in western culture.
Continue reading...18. December 2008
I never tire of watching the deer herd here. Though we have our disagreements about what is and is not on their menu, I really do love sharing this land with them. And even though this snow is as rare to them as it is to me, they seem undaunted by it. This fine fellow [...]
Continue reading...17. December 2008
I realize that many people experience snow every winter, so my exclamations about ours may seem ho-hum. But away from the mountains, this much snow remaining on the ground is indeed a rare event here in the Pacific Northwest. Snow mesmerizes me, enthralls me, makes me want to go out and frolic in it–except that [...]
Continue reading...16. December 2008
This is turning out to be a full-blown winter storm, very unusual for this temperate spot. We are in a rainshadow provided by the Olympic Mountains, but apparently not in a snow shadow. At least not this week. Early this morning the sun made a valiant effort to shine through the snow, but this is [...]
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22. December 2008
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