The Winter Season #5: Another Winter Morning

Very nice Debbie. What are you doing up so early!

-- Karson retired in DE e-mail karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

best time of the day :)
I’m up before 5; get the fire going and coffee made and when Rick comes downstairs, we get to enjoy a beautiful quiet time together in front of the fire..

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

haha re: tearing myself away.. Yes, true grit; that’s what I’m made of!!!

thanks re: kind words about my photos.
I’ve thought about it.. but that’s as far as it goes. There are just so many photographers out there who are SO much better than me…...

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

that is true.
I have had a few discussions about “it”. What is “it” that makes a great photo?
Many photographers that I have spoken with don’t know what “it” is and say that they don’t want to waste their time trying to figure it out. Many of these photographers create photos that definitely have the “it” factor.

Wouldn’t it be great if we knew what “it” was and then could work at including it in our photos rather than just hoping it has the desired result?

But.. that’s a whole other discussion.. I can however relate that to gardens: what is “it” that makes a beautiful garden?

For me, it is natural, full, with gentle unstructured lines to it. “It” is soothing.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Very Interesting MsD…We were of the same mind this morning…I was doing the same thing…capturing the sunrise in my garden :) Its just wonderful…magical actually to be up early when everything is so quiet and just watch the light cast across the trees in the crisp winter air and feshly fallen snow.

I love that silver thaw you have…so pretty.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

Well, look at you lucky gals!!

Still can see the sky this morning: snowing, snowing!!!

Thanks for sharing: I would rather look at your pictures than outside my window!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

oooooooh Lovely Xplore.
B – U – T- FUL.
FULL of beauty

I think I heard a wolf howl!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

No wolves here in NL :) Coyotes tho…but I have yet to hear one howl.

I mostly hear the gulls and ravens.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

We saw a coyote right here this week!

And ladies, your pictures are nicer than most of the ones published anywhere!!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

how exciting!
Twice, this past summer, we heard a pack of coyotes talking to each other in the cornfield beside the neighbour’s. That was exciting! What a beautiful sound.

Once, while Rick and I were out for a drive we saw a wolf walking along the edge of a field/woods. He stopped to check us out and then stepped slowly in the brush at the edge of the woods. With each step he faded into the environment and within just a few steps he had disappeared. We knew that he was still standing right there but we could not see him. It was just like in the movie “A Field of Dreams” where the baseball players stepped into the cornfield.

It’s just so inspiring to observe wildlife.

(thanks for kind words re: the photos)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Wish I had your views!!!! Beautiful morning it was …

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

These are my favourite…taken from my bedroom window last winter:

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

yup… definite keepers!!
gorgeous

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Yes, beautiful …

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

the first photo…............exceptional

and thanks to all for sharing the magic of sunlight and digital film.?......................sweet pictures

beautiful

-- Central northish Ontario