17 February 2026

Lively Ocean

Crane Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts


Along deep snow and ice balls there is the Ocean.

 Bluish and fluid,

  as if not troubled by this wintry freezing.

 

 Nor are the sea ducks.

 Being carried out by the tides and then flying back.


   Again and again.


 Just in time 

   to enjoy 

 this amusing interplay between the birds and the Ocean... 

Crane Beach: ... sparkly frozen...

Crane Beach: ... along deep snow...

Crane Beach: ... there is the ocean...

Crane Beach: ... bluish and lively, not troubled by this wintry freezing...

Crane Beach: ... nor are they...

Crane Beach: ... being carried out by the tides and then flying back...

Crane Beach: ... in a splash...

Crane Beach: ... flowing with the ocean...

Crane Beach: ... just in time...

Crane Beach: ... for the story...

Crane Beach: ... to unfold...

Crane Beach: ... while the loon takes a nap...

Crane Beach: ... where blue ad white meet...

Crane Beach: ... is it the one or the other?...


11 February 2026

Snowing

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Spirited flutter in the air.

 Brings this misty sense of knowing that IT might be there.

  With the touch of ethereal.

   

    Inspired playfulness is everywhere.

   

 On the branches and the leaves.

 In the sunken depths of snow,

  and 

 the marks left behind.

 Where each and every character comes together,


  and the world is dancing...



Fresh Pond: … spirited flutter in the air…

Fresh Pond: … brings this misty sense of knowing that it might be there…

Fresh Pond: … with the touch of ethereal…

Fresh Pond: … inspired playfulness…

Fresh Pond: … on the branches…

Fresh Pond: … on the leaves…

Fresh Pond: … in the sunken depths of snow…

Fresh Pond: … and the marks left behind…

Fresh Pond: … where each and every character…

Fresh Pond: … comes together…

Fresh Pond: … and the world is dancing…



30 January 2026

Some Stick Around

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts 

More snow and cold. 
  Birds among the withered,  looking for leftover seeds. 

 Lifeless whiteness does not look inviting. 
   But they are here, 
     fluffed in warmth...
Fresh Pond: ... more snow and cold...
Fresh Pond: ... among the withered...
Fresh Pond: ... looking for leftover seeds...
Fresh Pond: ... lifeless whiteness does not look inviting...
Fresh Pond: ... but they are here...
Fresh Pond: ... fluffed in warmth...

23 January 2026

A Day to See Trees

Brewster’s Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Snowing…
 Is it really TRUE ?

 YES, 
   
 and this place shows how the winter feels when snow crystals come for a visit. 

Brewster’s Woods: … a day to see trees…

Brewster’s Woods: … their crowns…

Brewster’s Woods: … and capped branches…

Brewster’s Woods: … creating the world…

Brewster’s Woods: … of silence…

Brewster’s Woods: … twists and turns…

Brewster’s Woods: … where pathways disappear…

Brewster’s Woods: … still here…

Brewster’s Woods: … the first to pass…

Brewster’s Woods: … through the guard of honor…

Brewster’s Woods: … imaginary…

Brewster’s Woods: … until it starts to crumble…

Brewster’s Woods: … into millions of sparkles…

Brewster’s Woods: … along the way…

Brewster’s Woods: … even so…


21 December 2025

This Day

Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts

When the Sun starts coming back, the whole story begins again.
  Everything alive is affected
 because the Sun is energy and energy sparks life.

Even before the science took us over,
  and explained,
 we had carried this belief in our souls.

How could we not ?

The light, the warmth, the being.
The Sun has always been part and parcel of ourselves.
  Deeply implanted,
 and personified through the stories.
 
I admire IT and fear IT at the same time.

 On this day of ITS return...

... part and parcel of ourselves...


13 December 2025

Winter Banquet

Ward Reservation, Andover, Massachusetts

Piles of pine cone scales
 on the snow covered rocks of stone walls.
 
So many ?
 Too many for a single squirrel.
  Feels like a banquet...

Warmth and smiles on these winter paths.
 
 Where are they?

Ward: ... piles of pine cone scales...

Ward: ... so many ?...

Ward: ... too many for a single squirrel...

Ward: ... feels like a banquet...

Ward: ... warmth and smiles on these winter paths...

Ward: ... where are they ?...