December 8th, 2011 § § permalink
Snow-Kissed Silverbell Branches & Frozen Water Droplets at Dawn
Sunrise Through a Powder-Coated Tangle of Hedge and Forest
Sunspots and Snowdrops
Vanilla-Frosted Secret Garden Stairs
Awoke this early December morning to find a garden of sunspots, snowdrops, powdered sugar and ruby red, candied fruits. Everywhere I look, a magical transformation in white: winter dreams and fantasies …
Ruby Red Fruits with White Icing (Viburnum setigerum)
Winterberry Branches in New-Fallen Snow (Ilex verticillata)
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February 7th, 2011 § § permalink
Drips Frozen in Motion: Ice-Glazes the Branches of this Halesia tetraptera (Mountain Silverbell)
Setting aside my busy-work for an hour this morning, I found myself wandering along the garden’s ice-clad pathways; camera and steaming teacup in-hand. With pink sunlight illuminating glassy tree-tops, I couldn’t resist a peek at Sleeping Beauty —the garden deeply slumbering— in all of her blush-tinged, glistening glory…
Ice-Pink Dawn
Cornus kousa’s Spectacular Branches
The Studio Balcony in Winter
Deceptively Beautiful Danger – With heavy, ice-laden branches crashing to the forest floor, I enjoy this stunning winter spectacle from safety of my woodland clearing…
Morning Sunlight on the Ice-Covered Hills…
Blushing Birch Bark (Betula populifolia x Whitespire ‘Royal Frost’)
Icy Globes: Frozen Viburnum bodnantense buds appear suspended in unfurling motion
Ice, as delicate as tissue paper, clings to stone in the morning light
These ruby-red branch-tips (Acer palmatum x dissectum ‘Seiryu’) are a pretty color-contrast to the lovely moss-clad stone
As if reaching from beneath the rock-walls, Winter’s icy fingers emerge from every nook and cranny in the garden
Lichen and Moss Warm Winter’s Stone in Fuzzy Green and Rust Tones
The Secret Garden Door Stands Open to Winter’s Gusts and Freezing Showers
And the Skeletal Blue-Green Dragon Catches Sunlight on Her Lacy, Red-Tipped Branches
I Wonder, While She Sleeps, Does the Garden Dream of Spring’s Sweetness?
Frozen Droplet (Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’)
Hole in the Golden Hops (Humulus lupulus ‘Aureus’)
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January 12th, 2011 § § permalink
Sunrise on the Frosty Tufts of Miscanthus sinensis
As a winter snow storm swirls about outside, my thoughts drift back to yesterday’s frosty morning, and the glistening, pink-gold sunrise. If today she reveals her wild fury, I am reminded that this tempestuous season more often shows us her beauty…
Morning Light on Humulus lupulus (Golden Hops Vine) with Frost Crystals
Silhouetted Branches of Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Mohawk’ at Sunrise
Frost Crystals on Rudbeckia hirta, Gleam and Glisten in the Golden Sunlight
Gilded Korean Dogwood Branches (Cornus kousa) and Luminous Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Mohawk’ at the South-Eastern Edge of My Winter Garden
Silver-Tipped Twigs Strung Along a Chilly Cable-Rail (Humulus lupulus)
These Star-Dusted, Feathery Plumes Seem Fit for the Most Glamorous of Shoulders (Miscanthus sinensis purpurascens)
The Beautiful, Crystal-Flecked Tea Viburnum Berries Remind Me of Shoulder-Grazing, Ruby Chandeliers
In this Moment, Could January be Upstaged by June?
Perfect Prisms – The Delightful Geometry of Frost Crystals in Pink-Gold Sunlight
At the Edge of the Garden, Saplings Form a Crystal Curtain
The Frosty Red-Twigs of this Japanese Maple Glow Brightly Against the Native Hemlock Forest
The Stillness of a Frosty Morning and a Perfect Winter Sunrise
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