How is your Winter?

Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts

    Getting closer...

Basics

Ravenswood Park, Gloucester, Massachusetts

High-up in the crowns.
Looks like a perfect place to take a lunch.

It is all about food, so they say. But, is it ?
  Perhaps, at the moment.

   Where is my scone ?

Borderland

Borderland State Park, Sharon, Massachusetts

Lots of water...

Walking along Leach Pond, Cedars !!!
I love these trees and don't see them often.
So, why are they here ?

Digging into the past, I find the answer.

Poquanticut Cedar Swamp, which is now underneath Leach Pond, was the large White Cedar Swamp.

In the 1820s,
after the Poquanticut Cedar Swamp was clear-cut of all its trees,
General Sheperd Leach mined the swamp for bog iron ore.
After the bog iron was removed,
a natural earthen berm on the south side of the swamp was raised
to make a pond
to provide water for mills in Furnace Village...

AHA !!!!

The nature has adapted and White Cedars paid the price... 

Birdly Living

Mass Audubon Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts

First sunny day after the snow storm.
Most of the unworn nature is in white blanket, the temps hover around -8°C.
   Harsh times for birds. But they keep spirits. For them, it is a matter of survival...
      ... their life force passes through my soul, I feel privileged...

 

Back in White

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Only a few days ago I walked on the sand along barefoot enthusiasts...
... and today...
... steps break the silence of snowy surface...
... birds are looking for seeds...