Glass Bauble

abstract with snow

an abstract with snow

Yard art carries the last accumulation (I’m hoping) of snow.

Oak Leaves

rain drops to ice drips

rain drops, ice drops

All the world looks like it’s coated with a glaze. I wonder when the oaks will finally give up and drop last year’s leaves.

Soon it will be time to replace the browns in the landscape with greens. I did see quite a bit of the Irish green yesterday, it being St. Paddy’s Day, but that isn’t the green I’m waiting for.

Ripples on the Pond

at Sunset

Reflection at Sunset

Things wabi-sabi have a vague or blurred feeling as they approach nothingness.  Bright, deep colorations fade into the colors of dawn and dusk.

Ripples radiating, gradually fading.
Reflection of the trees and sunset, gradually fading.
Fading into nothingness.

Wintering Over

another wabi-sabi bit of nature

another wabi-sabi bit of nature

“Simplicity is the core of wabi-sabi. Nothingness is the ultimate. But before and after nothingness, simplicity is not so simple.” Leonard Koren

Wabi-sabi asks that the essence is pared down, but not stripped of its poetry and emotional warmth. That which binds the meaningful into a whole remains intact. Wabi-sabi does not lessen the quality that compels one to look at something, and then look again and again.

Milkweed Pods

at Salmo Pond

at Salmo Pond

The first tastes of Spring! Sunshine and temps in the high 50s and low 60s the last two days have melted much of the snow. When I walk on the grass, I sog in about an inch. The ground is still frozen, and so sloppy mud is everywhere.

I finally went outdoors on a prolonged photo walk, and brought home about 150 photos. I found these remnants of milkweed pods at the edge of Salmo Pond near the Black Earth Watershed west of Madison. Red twig dogwoods lent the background a reddish tint.  I didn’t see even a hint of green. Tomorrow we are to have solid rain–and maybe up to an inch of sleet–throughout the day, so there will be more thawing. Something green is certain to appear soon.