A great image. The haiku completely fitting, in that I doubt if any words could close to expressing its soul.
My mornings all this week have been this orange glowing light. A kind of unnatural glow. A result I think of moisture laden air at higher altitudes in the atmosphere. The great lakes, Erie my closest, Michigan, St Clair, Lake Ontario are complete free of ice, surface temperature rather warm for this time year.
lovely interplay between blue and orange! The orange and blue of the decor of the 70′s always seemed so brash to me. But your picture reminds me of the beauty in nature that they were inspired by!!
I remember that combination, and agree with you. In the case of this shot, the blue came from deep shadows on a thin layer of snow. Right now, we have bare ground in a lot of the yard.
Beautiful image, Sandy. It looks like the seed head was dusted in some icing sugar. We’re supposed to get some snow tomorrow. Right now it looks more like late March than not-quite-mid February here. So truly strange.
We have a couple of inches on the ground, in some places, And, maybe a few more inches tomorrow, but with the sun this bright, it won’t stay around long.
A great image. The haiku completely fitting, in that I doubt if any words could close to expressing its soul.
My mornings all this week have been this orange glowing light. A kind of unnatural glow. A result I think of moisture laden air at higher altitudes in the atmosphere. The great lakes, Erie my closest, Michigan, St Clair, Lake Ontario are complete free of ice, surface temperature rather warm for this time year.
Thanks, Hudson.
We have had the orange glow in the mornings, too.
Before that, yellow mornings!
A very strange year indeed.
So wonderfully calming!
Thanks, that is what I love about nature.
a fitting haiku and photo, we too are having a milder than usual winter in the desert
So strange, isn’t it? I hope this isn’t the start of water problems.
lovely interplay between blue and orange! The orange and blue of the decor of the 70′s always seemed so brash to me. But your picture reminds me of the beauty in nature that they were inspired by!!
I remember that combination, and agree with you. In the case of this shot, the blue came from deep shadows on a thin layer of snow. Right now, we have bare ground in a lot of the yard.
The photo and haiku are lovely together. Is that frost on the plant?
It sure is. We have seen more than usual frost this year. By this time, the garden plants are usually out of sight.
Very nice: a summer photo in the middle of winter!
I wsih! The seed heads stay on for the birds, and then I clean them up in the spring.
Beautiful image, Sandy. It looks like the seed head was dusted in some icing sugar. We’re supposed to get some snow tomorrow. Right now it looks more like late March than not-quite-mid February here. So truly strange.
The same here! This last week, we have had bright sunny days, and the feel of spring is in the air. The birds definitely think so.
Lovely– haiku and picture!
Thanks so much, Cara.
So gorgeous! And ice and snow free? Spring must be nearly there…
We have a couple of inches on the ground, in some places, And, maybe a few more inches tomorrow, but with the sun this bright, it won’t stay around long.
I will like all orange suns….as long as they include snowless winters. Great Haiku!
Thank you! Did you have a good time?
Oh, wonderful colours and a lovely warm feel. Love the haiku too.
Thanks! This one can really goes two ways.
And a winter without much cold weather!
Some seem to not understand how bad these climate changes are for all in nature that we appreciate. Some additional reflection may be necessary.
Bill, people our age can now say, “I remember when we had real winters”. What a difference from when I first moved to Maine in 1970.
I believe we need to do more than reflect on the future, don’t you?
beautiful shot… beautiful words
Thanks so much, Christine.
Brilliant shot! Loved it.
Thanks!
So delicate. The words are lovely too.
Thanks, Christine. Are you still doing haiku?
Wonderful photo & poem, Sandy. Your focussing in the photo is spot on…
Thank you. I like to see what will to the background, when I shoot something simple like this. I got just a bit of bokeh at the top.
Very nice photo Sandy….and here in South Carolina no snow at allthis winter.
Thank you!
I don’t know how many inches we have had, but it hasn’t been much.
*we watch* *with the sun at our back* *last summer*
__I like last summer’s seed-pod… it “reflecting.” Nice! _m
Thanks, those seed pods are real works of art, aren’t they, Doug?
the snow looks crunchy; like the ice we use for snowcones these especially hot carnival days here in T&T
you stay warm
much love…
Love the Haiku, “this snowless winter” (indeed!) The sunset color on the flower heads is beautiful….you hit it at the perfect time….good timing!
I think I have a citrus/sun haiku somewhere. We finally got a real taste of winter here, so now I’m ready for spring.
beautiful….love the warmth
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