Long snow walk

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

Well, I started my walk but then I got that "OH , I better go check the pies" thought when I saw how solid the water in the wheel barrow had frozen. Three were frozen slightly and I had to take the heat gun to them. So when I got my act together again, most of the snow had melted. We got about 3/4". I walked into the back woods. and was looking mostly at the fall colors combined with snow.

Da view

Seep muhly

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roselee z8b S.W. Texas

8 years ago

The last photo's compostion with it's light, colors and shadows looks like a painting.

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wantonamara Z8 CenTex
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8 years ago
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It gets pretty wild back there.

Back at the garden

Rain lily walkway

I have more but I won't bore you.

I got back and my feet were cold wet brick. So much for those pair of booties. Warm but not waterproof.
ruthz
8 years ago
Not bored at all. Love them. Thanks for sharing the beauty.
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roselee z8b S.W. Texas
8 years ago
Loved taking the beautiful woodland walk with you ...
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wantonamara Z8 CenTex
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8 years ago
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I could not help myself. Forgive me or just bear with me. Here are more photos.. I really enjoyed myself. The environment gets so strongly defined in unexpected ways.

Now I am standing half way up on the lefthand side of the picture above looking down into the tank below where I took the picture above.

I love grass in snow. The clumps are like little hairy jewels
And spidery sea anemones.

AHHH, all those textures

Bright

And somber
PKponder TX Z7B
8 years ago
The snow is breathtaking isn't it? Your excitement is contagious!
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bossyvossy
8 years ago
I immediately thought of the pvc tubes from your experiment. Where are they???
wantonamara Z8 CenTex
Original Author
8 years ago
I thought so too. That is why I included it. A Russian itinerant painter perhaps.
wantonamara Z8 CenTex
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8 years ago
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@ bossyV, I had to take a break....work you know.
bossyvossy
8 years ago
Ahhh, the things that get in the way of having fun
wantonamara Z8 CenTex
Original Author
8 years ago
Matter of fact I have one hole half filled up waiting for a Mexican buckeye.
NHBabs z4b-5a NH
8 years ago
I particularly love the ones with green (pine?juniper?), the gold/orange Spanish oaks and the snow outlining branches like the second and third from the end of the first set of photos, but they are all beautiful! I have snow all winter, but still go out to take pictures after fresh snowfall.

"The environment gets so strongly defined in unexpected ways." I particularly appreciate the way a light snow highlights texture, with a solid coating on coarse parts of the landscape and fine-textured elements holding the snow lightly if at all.
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wantonamara Z8 CenTex
Original Author
8 years ago
I remember the long snowy winters off New England. I spent some years up there.
User
8 years ago
Very pretty! I love the 4th picture in your first set of pictures. Looks like a white wreath on the ground.

What are the thin, spikey yuccas in your 2nd and 4th pictures in the second set of pictures?
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wantonamara Z8 CenTex
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8 years ago
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Second picture of second set is Yucca rupicola. It is endemic to my woods. They come up all over the place.

In the fourth picture under "back too the garden: In the far lower right is a an agave. to the left of it is Dasylirion wheeleri, Next to the left is Agave striata 'Live Wire", Next is Agave striata var falcata. These are part of my succulent garden, and are not native.