Long after the flowers bloom, what remains is strikingly beautiful, even on a grey December day. Friends on Instagram call this “lovely dead crap” — a fitting description.
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Capitol grey
Christmas zoomies
Capitol holiday beauty
The State Capitol is a beautiful building any time of the year, but it’s especially so during the holidays.
View more →Solstice candle
To document yesterday’s winter solstice and the longest night of the year, I lit a candle in front the holiday lights in my window. A blessed solstice to all! May you enjoy the longer days of light that are to come.
View more →Nothing stronger than a winter tree
“There is nothing stronger than a winter tree,
No wind blows against it,
It is fierce beyond love.
There is nothing stronger than a winter tree,
and nowhere more secure.”
From Mary Oliver’s The Winter Wood Arrives.
A squirrel’s lunch
Pinkney Street
The design of the two buildings on this block (looking southeast from Doty Street) is fascinating. Were they intentionally created to mirror each other? Someday, I just might have to get up early and capture the sunrise here.
Looking for dinner
Flying into sunset
I suppose if I were a tundra swan, and a beautiful sunset appeared, I’d fly up off the water, and head toward the center of that deep orange sky too.
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