Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Carlisle, Massachusetts
Concord is in high water.
During such times, the trail along the river is impassable.
Except today... all frozen...
Reminds me on J.H.Mitchell's observations
on how differently humans and nature perceive a floodplain.
For what humans see as flood to be stopped,
the plants see as high water. Perfectly adapted, this is just one of their natural states.
How superb in their calm...
Cook's Canyon Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts
The snow is on its way out, it seems,
but the cold still keeps some of the crystals around the water.
So our visit to Cook's Canyon at this time of the year is pretty much the visit to Galloway,
flowing with the gusto around frozen surfaces and through crystalline cascades...
Charmingly unstoppable...
Crane Beach, Massachusetts
One day after the blizzard...
in the company of deers' steps,
through deep snow, over sand dunes...
I know these trails, but today there are none,
only the wind,
hidden in the drifts and curves of this place...
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts
The trees are in their winter stoical mode, ready to endure...
The seeds are here for birds...
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts
When the world turns to white
there is nothing but the snowflakes
and silhouettes,
vanishing into the gusts and swirls of crystals...
