Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Seasonal Splash (3): Snow on Snow

The shortest day, and I took this sunset-like photo after lunch at 2.15 pm - a very strange light
One of the Starlings: look at his hooked claw!
The intricacies of ice: hoar frost on a leaf
Starling Roost
Sunrise Colours
Sunrise over Mumbles
Jack Frost Patterns
'Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird . . .' Eleanor Farjeon
Feathery Trees . . .
Wales, a Winter Wonderland
Icicles!
A welcome Song Thrush . . .

The scene from Swansea, looking towards Mumbles, and across the Severn Estuary to the snowy hills of Exmoor

A Chaffinch - we have two who like to sit in this Larch

The poor spider!

Surreal snowbound Swansea! It's rare to have snow on the beach . . .

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I hope you like my miscellany of winter scenes on this, the shortest day of the year!

You might enjoy this winter poem by Robert Frost. 


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4 comments:

  1. Rosie Nixon Fluerty21 December 2010 at 22:52

    These photos are so beautiful Caroline especially seeing the shoreline covered in snow. Wrexham and further east looks as if it is going to get a pasting tommorrow.

    Thankyou for linking to my eclipse photographs. :)

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  2. Naquillity22 December 2010 at 00:24

    all of your pictures are beautiful. i'm sure snow on the beach is a sight. we had some starlings in large numbers several years ago but i don't see them now. i don't know what happened. hope all is well your way. have a great night.

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  3. Crafty Green Poet23 December 2010 at 12:51

    lovely series of wintry photos, Caroline! Thanks for the link!

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  4. Mary2 January 2011 at 19:38

    Wow...you have some great shots here! I love all those frost patterns...on the leaf and the other. The icicle photo with bird..wonderful! Even the Starling...lets me know we share a common bird at this time of year. The scenery is beautiful! Love that sunrise...so gorgeous. I probably left something out, but these were great!

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