The little winter that could
Winter here in Lansing isn’t like it used to be, so we tend to celebrate (or, depending on our outlook, grumble about) the arrival of snow any time we can.
I mean, it’s only an inch of snow – if that – yet it magnifies the beauty of the environs exactly many times over.
If you look closely, you can see the carpeting of maple leaves that cover the path here. X-ray vision or a good imagination will be of great use as you look closely…
I could spend all day here.
Sadly, though, I didn’t. As I started on again, each step I took made a seriously loud CRUNCH of boot into snow…
…which, try as I might to quiet down, finally spooked the neighborhood deer. The mallards, though, were cool with me being there.
Not all is barren in the winter landscape! There are still local flora holding on. Too cool.
Sometimes the deer remember that they know me. I… love… this… place.
To you who have seen that last picture before (love you), and to you who haven’t – happy Christmas!
GORGEOUS pictures. Few things are as beautiful as a frosted forest.
December 24, 2012 at 11:49 am
Totally agree, Ashley. Thank you!
December 26, 2012 at 1:10 pm
Beautiful photos, Sid. We so seldom have a white Christmas and you have provided me one vicariously – THANKS!
December 24, 2012 at 3:42 pm
I get the white Christmas thing, but I’m mostly happy it was not so white as to make travel difficult here. Merry Christmas, Louis.
December 26, 2012 at 1:12 pm
We will be seeing snow in Oklahoma tonight and tomorrow! I’m excited for some of YOUR kind of weather! Beautiful photos Sid.
December 24, 2012 at 11:17 pm
I’ll take some off your hands !
December 25, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Are you really? That has to be kind of rare, doesn’t it? I hope you’re enjoying the holidays and the snow, Lori – keep warm.
December 26, 2012 at 1:14 pm
I didn’t even saw the deer the first time I looked at it! Beautiful animals!
December 25, 2012 at 6:41 am
I wish it was a better picture – I’m glad you found her! Merry Christmas to you, Dianda, and to BF and Hiro and Suki!
December 26, 2012 at 1:16 pm
It’s a great picture! She’s just very well camouflaged.
December 26, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Such beauty in the stark winterscape. Shows up the bare bones, the inner workings of trees… and how vulnerable the deer looks. Rich season’s blessings to you and family.
December 26, 2012 at 12:35 pm
And to you, Liz!
December 26, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Beautiful, Sid. Rockwellian if there were some ice skaters.
December 26, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Beautiful. Yours images capture the delicacy of the winter landscape.
December 27, 2012 at 7:23 am
What a magical place! Wish I could teleport myself there right now!
December 27, 2012 at 4:40 pm
Work on that, SSG… It’s been a magical place since I was a little boy, feeding the ducks.
January 4, 2013 at 10:29 pm
Plan for today: work on apparating
January 5, 2013 at 2:14 pm
Holy crap, SSG – be careful! That’s higher level magic, apparating. I mean, have you even passed your OWLs?
January 6, 2013 at 9:02 pm
I haven’t. But I have a special dispensation for being so talented
January 6, 2013 at 10:52 pm
Well, let’s see it then, if you’re so talented.
January 6, 2013 at 11:12 pm
Hoping another blanket of snow comes with the new year to freshen things up ~ cheers and happy new year! ~ Kat
December 28, 2012 at 6:01 pm
Part of me says “hear, hear”, Kat. Happy 2013 to you!
January 4, 2013 at 10:31 pm