Oyster Bay is beautiful under snow. But perilous. See:
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| Somewhere in there is the path to the shore. Winding around , climbing over scattered logs. Slip at your peril. |
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| Got there in one piece. Looking towards the north. There's even a fragment of blue sky. |
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| Now looking south from the same spot. See the path someone trod out? |
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| Detail of stacked logs. |
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| A solitary Douglas-fir, heavily laden. |
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| Sit and rest a while in the meadow. There's a good, soft cushion on the bench. |
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| Rose bushes beside the fence, with frozen rose hips. |
More photos tomorrow: life in the snow and ice.
A Skywatch post.
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Oyster Bay (Bahía de los Ostiones) es hermosa cubierta de nieve. Pero también peligrosa. Imagínate esto:
- Aquí se esconde el senderito que lleva a la playa. Dando vueltas alrededor de los troncos, a veces cruzándolos. ¡Cuidado: no te caigas!
- Y ya llegamos. Mirando hacia el norte, se ve un fragmento de cielo azul.
- Desde el mismo punto, mirando hacia el sur. ¿Ves el camino que alguien cortó?
- Detalle de una "construcción" de troncos.
- Un abeto de Douglas solitario, con su carga pesada de nieve.
- Aquí en la pradera puedes sentarte a descansar un momento; el banquito hasta tiene su cojín.
- Regresando al estacionamiento, pasamos los rosales, con sus escaramujos congelados.
Mañana, sigo con fotos de la vida entre el hielo y la nieve en este sitio.
Un post de Skywatch.
Such beautiful images. How lovely and plump is the fresh fallen snow, untouched.
ReplyDeleteYou are such an intrepid explorer clambering over the logs and through the deep snow to get your photos. They are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt looks beautiful, but hard to see a path through all that snow!
ReplyDeleteI really loved the Douglas Fir with snow on its branches. So lovely!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I heard that Vcr Isl got so much snow. Your photos certainly attest to it.
ReplyDelete"plump" Good word!
ReplyDeleteThat stack of logs looks like the bunt nose of seven gilled shark. Also, I've meant to ask you for years, have you ever read Pilgrim At Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard? Your and her writing style, and observations on natural history is so similar that if it weren't for the sub-categories of natural history weren't so different, I'd think that Annie Dillard is your pen name (or maybe Susannah is your blog pen name!)
ReplyDeleteIt does look like a shark nose! No, I've never read her book. Off to get myself a copy now ...
DeleteI'm reading the book now. I see what you mean. I keep highlighting things; my thoughts in her words. Another, similar book, that has been an inspiration for me is "Nature Diary of a Quiet Pedestrian" by Philip Croft, who wrote about his daily walks in West Vancouver.
DeleteI knew nothing of the book (I read it as a recommendation from a friend) and it took me a few chapters to realize that it wasn't a novel in the traditional sense. Once I read it more like as one might read a nature blog, the book became more enjoyable.
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