Our corner was the Seatbelt/Sobriety/Insurance/Whatever Checkpoint last night...just another way for the RCMP to be present in our neighbourhood on a Friday night. Yay. They were out for quite a while, too. Thank you very much. And you all remember how much I love Checkpoint Nights, right? I sit in the window with my beer and chips. It's better than cable.
It's been
relatively quiet and I don't want to jinx anything by saying that out loud. There is still at least one crack house in operation up the alley, if not two...and the brand new four-plex on the other corner seems to have crack dealers and hookers coming and going...crazy amount of money to spend to buy a condo and let the dealers use it...
But that's enough about that...these guys look eager to get out of the car and go for a walk!!!
Harewood Mines Road...we've all been here before, remember? It's been cold enough for long enough now that the frost is heaving from the earth. It hasn't melted off for days up here in the shade of the trees. There's snow in the forecast next week. Yikes. I don't know if I am ready. Are you?
All my little mushies are wearing frosty little jackets.
In the big picture, the grand scheme of things, the frost is beautiful, reflecting the cold sun like a blanket of diamonds over the fields of yellowed grass.
But the true glory, I find, is in the minute details of it all. That each blade of grass has been so tenderly and individually decorated in thousands of sparkling crystals is heartbreaking. Don't you think? Grace.
The
verdant green.
I'm bound by the fire. I'm bound by the beauty. I'm bound by desire. I'm bound by the duty . I'm bound by the snow, the soft, the fallingness, the everupward face...the everupward face...bound by the sunsets, the rivers, the music, the beauty... (Jane Siberry).
It's been relatively quiet and I don't want to jinx anything by saying that out loud. There is still at least one crack house in operation up the alley, if not two...and the brand new four-plex on the other corner seems to have crack dealers and hookers coming and going...crazy amount of money to spend to buy a condo and let the dealers use it...
But that's enough about that...these guys look eager to get out of the car and go for a walk!!!
Harewood Mines Road...we've all been here before, remember? It's been cold enough for long enough now that the frost is heaving from the earth. It hasn't melted off for days up here in the shade of the trees. There's snow in the forecast next week. Yikes. I don't know if I am ready. Are you?
All my little mushies are wearing frosty little jackets.
In the big picture, the grand scheme of things, the frost is beautiful, reflecting the cold sun like a blanket of diamonds over the fields of yellowed grass.
But the true glory, I find, is in the minute details of it all. That each blade of grass has been so tenderly and individually decorated in thousands of sparkling crystals is heartbreaking. Don't you think? Grace.
6 comments:
heartbreaking, but heart healing too. Is that right? Can that be???
I'm so jealous of your ice crystals! Beeyootiful. I had to go up to Campbell River this am and thought I would get ice or frost, but all I got was wet and dry.
The ice crystals are AMAZING!
Beautiful ice shots! Bring on the winter and snow, I'm ready!
I'm with Tod! With just a little bit of snow in the forcast I'm looking through my Christmas cookie recipes and generally getting into the cheer. Not to mention a nice blanket of white covers up a multitude of unfinished yard maintenance, lol.
Great ice crystal shots! And the two eager doggies are so sweet.
I am always amazed at the subjects of your pictures. I want to be where these things are and see their beauty. I'm glad you share them so I can see too.
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