A little color
The other day I visited the conservatory at Olbrich Gardens, to soak up some humidity and see a little color during this bleak period of winter. I did take some pictures of the flowers, but what really caught my eye was this tiny, young leaf basking in the sun.
It was so good to see new life growing, even though there were bitter cold temperatures just a few yards away.
Icy blue landscape
Sometimes you just need to embrace the blue.
Tracks into the golden hour
Nothing like a sunset hike on a frozen lake.
Art on a frozen lake
This year, Timothy Browning’s annual Lake Monona art installation included the bones of a hodag-asaurus. Though when I went to see it, the hodag’s upper skull was missing.
Winter skylight
Under a blue sky
A January caterpillar
This is a first for me, seeing a caterpillar in January! I found this wooly caterpillar crawling along the driveway, about a foot from my house (and a plant bed with unfrozen soil).
A poor owl substitute
Yesterday I ventured out looking for snowy owls, which have been seen widely in Wisconsin this winter. Unfortunately, the closest I came was capturing this American tree sparrow — a nice bird, but a poor substitute for a snowy owl.
Sculpted by the wind
I went hiking around Tenney Park yesterday. The wind along the lake was brutal, but it did create some cool snow drifts.