

In winter, the colour at the heart of every spruce and pine and hemlock is a deep blue which is almost indigo in intensity, and the deep wet Lanark snows and the long shadows of late February are blue as well - earth and stones and trees are all enfolded together in a wild lapis lazuli embrace, and on sunny days, the sky adds its own clear azure to the equation.
Yesterday, the branches of the evergreens released a heady astringent fragrance as I brushed against them on my way up the snow drowned trail to feed the birds and the deer for the first time in a few days. February is not one of the Old Wild Mother's more colourful offerings, and it is cold here, but there are rhapsodies in blue everywhere I look, if I am patient and have the eyes to see them - there are natural wonders to be seen and heard and inhaled.
5 comments:
Your photos are always so beautiful. What are those trees? I am sure we don't have them here.
Did you get lots of snow from the Valentine's day storm?
Rhapsodie in Blue is perfect for today!
(silverlight comment:)the snow is so pure and you are far enough north, that the snow reflects blue just like the glaciers do.
Incredible phenomemnon.
A lovely mixture of pine, spruce and hemlock on these hills and it is lovely stuff to wander through, even when the snow is as deep as it is here. Within a few minutes, Cassie and I had made tracks up and down the hill, stopping at frequent intervals to sniff the evergreen perfume.
Those are some beauteous photos. You certainly have an eye.
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