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Art In Nature #1.
Hello everyone and welcome back to our new “Art In Nature” series. We had this series last winter as well, called “Nature’s Art”, all I did was change the name slightly. But we will continue to enjoy various little, and maybe not so little, things in nature that are truly art. Many things will be included in this, from snowy objects to frost, dried flowers, grass, moss and so many other things that perhaps we would never think of. Sometimes even living in a country setting we can tend to overlook some of the natural beauty around us.
Some things that are small and inconspicuous are often some of the most beautiful things around. These are some things that I will showcase in this series. Some will be from winter, but every season will be included, since every season has it’s own art to share with us. And it’s interesting where we can sometimes find these art objects as well. We certainly don’t need to live in the country to find art in nature, it can be found in city environments too. We just need to keep our eyes open and it’s amazing just how much beauty we can find, especially when looking at the little things that are around us.
Speaking of little things, there will be another series starting up soon called “Little Things”, which will kind of go along with this series. They will likely take turns each week so that each one will be every other week. I’m not sure yet which day this series will be featured on, but I’ll let you know. Each post will be short since the main thing about each post will be the photos shared. Today we have a couple of frosty plants for you to enjoy, plus the featured image of a lovely sunset from a few evenings ago. I hope you will enjoy both of these new series which I think will compliment each other nicely. Have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Morning Coffee At Steve’s Country #10.
Good morning to everyone on this cloudy but mild Thursday! We had some rain overnight which changed to snow, but there wasn’t much snow at all. It was only about half an inch (1cm) of snow, much less than what was forecast for us, which is fine with me. Well, coffee is ready everyone! We have had a couple of very nice days this week, but that is about to change with the temp dropping throughout the day. Then it’s back to winter temps for awhile. But we are actually doing quite well this winter, hard to believe it’s already been with us for 7 weeks now. On Tuesday I tried to walk down to the river but only made it about 2/3 of the way, it’s rather hard walking through soft snow on those hills. Yesterday I went back down since it was nice and sunny.
I made it all the way to my usual spot and it was just beautiful down there. Hardly looked like winter as I was sitting on “my” bench. The river was so calm. There was a lot of chickadees around, and blue jays, nuthatches and some white-winged crossbills. Those crossbills are cool birds and there is a lot of them around this winter. Unfortunately it is very hard to attract them to bird feeders. Maybe as winter gets colder and their food supply becomes less, then perhaps they will come. It would be nice. I would love to get a picture of them. There was also a couple bald eagles down there soaring around, too far away for pictures though. The only ice on the river was in a couple small bays, but that ice certainly wouldn’t be strong enough to walk on.
No matter how cold it is or how good the river ice looks, I would never walk on it. Lake ice is fine, I will walk on that, but not river ice. Up here we have roads on our lake during the winter, once the ice is thick enough and people drive on those roads all the time. I have done it too. Well, look at that, the clouds are breaking up, lots of blue sky showing. Looks like we will get some more sunshine today. Baxter is on a branch opening a peanut but dropped the contents down into the snow. He swooped down to get it, but Jasper came running over and chased Baxter away and found the peanut himself. Jasper wins this time! He’s alone this morning I see. I do hope you enjoyed your coffee this morning, have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
