A boardwalk transformed
I spent my lunch break yesterday marveling at how Thursday’s blizzard transformed the boardwalk behind Edgewood College.
Beauty from the blizzard
So far, about 12 inches of snow has fallen at my house during today’s blizzard (and it’s still coming down). All the disruptions that occur during a major winter storm can be a real pain (and sometimes dangerous). I must admit, I complain about having to shovel heavy, wet snow. But it really does make things look beautiful. This was the scene as I walked out of my side door this afternoon.
I wish we could have the beauty without all of the aching backs and other nasty things.
Waiting for the ghost train
Seeing a scene like this, I expect a ghostly train (steam powered of course) to come screaming out of the misty vanishing point. Perhaps I should get off the tracks…
Bare birch grove
One of my favorite spots at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, in any season.
Vapor trails
I headed out to catch the sunset yesterday, but got distracted by all the vapor trails in the sky. Proof there were a lot of Thanksgiving travelers still out there on Sunday.
Backlit goldenrod
I very much prefer goldenrod in this state, void of live pollen thanks to cold temperatures.
On the boardwalk
Me and my shadow, on the Edgewood boardwalk.
Cattails in monochrome
Dying to cross
There are 177 small crosses placed throughout the Edgewood College campus this week. A cause of death is written on one side: probable hypothermia, heat exhaustion, gunshot wound to the back, or often “undetermined cause of death.” On the other side, some have names, many have “remains unknown.”
Each of them represents someone who perished in the Sonoran Desert last year, while attempting to cross the United States-Mexico border.