On Wednesdays all over the internet bloggers post a photo with no words to explain it. The idea is the photo says so much it doesn’t need a description.
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On Wednesdays all over the internet bloggers post a photo with no words to explain it. The idea is the photo says so much it doesn’t need a description.
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16 comments
10 December 2013 at 3:44 pm
Heart To Harp
How cool to live so closely with such wildness!
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27 November 2013 at 4:59 pm
Allyson Latta
I think the cracks in the ice are the most intriguing elements of this photo. “Pristine” comes to mind. And cold! It may not have been on the day you took the photo, but the image radiates chill. I didn’t realize beavers built their lodges so close together — interesting that there are three here. And I like the way the pond ice and the lodges seem to peek out of the blanket of snow, as if at any moment they could be hidden again.
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27 November 2013 at 7:23 pm
Cheryl
Took the shot yesterday on my way back from town, Allyson. The pond isn’t quite frozen … that layer of snow is deceptive.
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27 November 2013 at 4:26 pm
Lucid Gypsy
I had no idea about beaver lodges on snow! It’s beautiful photo but much too cold for me 🙂
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27 November 2013 at 7:20 pm
Cheryl
They aren’t actually on the snow, Gilly. The lodges are in the pond, which is almost frozen with a light layer of snow.
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27 November 2013 at 3:50 pm
pearlsandprose
Oh, this does make me miss the snow, Cheryl. Lovely scene.
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27 November 2013 at 7:19 pm
Cheryl
Thanks, Carole … this is our first ‘full’ winter up here so I may feel differently about snow by the end of the season!
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27 November 2013 at 11:51 am
Wunderkamera
Ah, now I see the large ones! I didn’t notice them until you pointed them out. It is a lovely peaceful photo and I envy you the snow. We only have ice here.
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27 November 2013 at 12:07 pm
Cheryl
Be safe in all that horrible weather you’re getting in the East, Elizabeth!
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27 November 2013 at 11:27 am
Allison Howard
There’s a dreaminess to the snow and ice in the foreground nicely balanced with the dark sticks and trees. I hope the beavers are cozily ensconced in their little houses (and leaving your big trees alone).
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27 November 2013 at 11:34 am
Cheryl
Thanks, Allison. We won’t see much of them until spring IF that pond is really frozen this time, unlike a couple of weeks ago. A warm spell took the ice away. Wonder if they are confused?
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27 November 2013 at 9:51 am
Barbara Lambert
First impression: the stillness, the peace! Next I noticed the rather scary open bit in the ice, and thought this would be a dangerous pond to try to walk across. It was only then that I realized the “heaps of branches” must in fact be beaver lodges. Which your comment above affirms. Is this on your property? How lucky you are (I think!) == though I hope this does not mean that your own large trees are threatened. Lovely shot.
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27 November 2013 at 9:58 am
Cheryl
No beaver activity on this part of the lake, Barbara. At the old cottage an ancient beaver tried to make a lodge under the dock … wrecked it a little but he left me a glorious collection of stripped saplings on shore each morning. I gave the sticks away, kids loved them but I did keep one as my walking stick.
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27 November 2013 at 7:54 am
matilda magtree
How pretty! A beaver dam? I especially like the fade-to-white edges and the two ‘stars’ where the ice broke. Breathing holes? Or were you skipping stones on the river? You’ve captured the crispness o air and the stillness of place beautifully.
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27 November 2013 at 9:18 am
Cheryl
Thanks, Carin. Beaver lodges. There are three on this pond … two very large ones in the background almost at the tree line. I thought the small one in foreground was abandoned, but it showed signs of renos recently.
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27 November 2013 at 2:20 pm
matilda magtree
Something about beaver lodges always makes me happy. But then I’m curious about all kinds of neighbourhoods… (:
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