Thursday, December 12, 2013

Snow Baubles


So here I was, all focused on people-made Christmas decorations, when I glanced out the window & right before my eyes were the most beautiful natural snow baubles, nestled, cradled in the needles of pine tree branches, all glistening & sparkling in the winter sun (even with some tiny rainbows)! Taking the time to observe is a lesson I keep re-learning. On lower branches there were more natural "ornaments": a cardinal & a chickadee, & I never would have known it had I not taken the time to pause & to look.

11 comments:

  1. sweet. almost look like cotton plants. :)

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  2. Delightful! It's the best when we observe nature being fully PRESENT. It is our biggest GIFT.

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  3. I was thinking the same : it looks like cotton! I like this idea of natural decorations , like if nature wanted to take part of celebration.

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  4. I agree..nature is the most beautiful decorator..:) A bit glum here today..but still it's nature showing us.. un autre visage..c'est tout!

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  5. Takie "bombki" na roślinach są najpiękniejsze :)

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  6. Sounds like you got some snow! A perfect natural decoration, as you say :)

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  7. How lovely that you allowed yourself the time and patience to discover the natural beauty around you. Your watercolor/sketch captures it beautifully and I can imagine the vivid red of a cardinal's wings flitting through the scene.

    Bises,
    Genie

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  8. An old saying...'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ' and what better beauty than mother nature. Lovely sketch. I agree with the other comments the snow balls are just like cotton balls.

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  9. I love it when images present themselves like this. Have you read Eve Bunting's NIGHT TREE?

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  10. Where's my camera? I want this shot!

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