That all looks so amazing! I know you’ve had a tough winter up the East Coast. So it won’t help to say that over here in London the sun is shining, the winter pansies and crocuses (or is it crocii?) are blooming, and I went out without a jacket or a scarf on today for the first time in weeks. Sorry!
From the Kalevala a quatrain:
Widespread they stand, the Northland’s dusky forest
Ancient, mysterious, brooding savage dreams;
Within them dwells the Forest’s mighty God,
And wood-sprites in the gloom weave magic secrets.
I’m entirely unfamiliar with the Kalevala, but your quote is beautiful, and perhaps apt for anyone not at the moment trapped by snow. Thank you for it.
It is beautiful. It’s also well below freezing, and impenetrable by foot or car until the plows come and the unfortunate men with shovels hired by the condo association arrive to dig us out. We’re supposed to be living in a temperate climate, too. That’s what’s so astonishing and annoying about this winter.
Thank you (as always), Takami. Your praise as a photographer is always most welcome. However, you really should just praise the iPhone. I just point and shoot…. Are you sorry it didn’t snow in Tokyo? I should think it would be a relief.
There speaks a Georgia girl! The last photo is the view from inside my office. I picked this room to work in — rather than the one with all the sun — for the view. Summer or winter, it’s dedicated land out there and will never be built on. Wonderful.
Nina, you’re surrounded by such beauty! Those trees look magical covered in snow, and all such spectacular shapes!
Sorry if you feel house-bound though!
Yes, snow is indeed beautiful when it first falls. It’s okay about the houseboundedness, though. The temperature was 40 F. today and everything is beginning to melt. We can get out, cautiously. Spring is beginning to be sprung.
ON BEING OLD 
Me too! Sigh….
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And poor you with the use of only one hand for a while. You can’t even twiddle your thumbs! 🙂
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That all looks so amazing! I know you’ve had a tough winter up the East Coast. So it won’t help to say that over here in London the sun is shining, the winter pansies and crocuses (or is it crocii?) are blooming, and I went out without a jacket or a scarf on today for the first time in weeks. Sorry!
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Oh, to be in England now that March is here? Could it be global warming? And without a jacket or scarf at all? Sorry, my foot!
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Nah… It was just a nice day, that’s all! Back to relentless drizzle over the weekend, most likely. 😉
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From the Kalevala a quatrain:
Widespread they stand, the Northland’s dusky forest
Ancient, mysterious, brooding savage dreams;
Within them dwells the Forest’s mighty God,
And wood-sprites in the gloom weave magic secrets.
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I’m entirely unfamiliar with the Kalevala, but your quote is beautiful, and perhaps apt for anyone not at the moment trapped by snow. Thank you for it.
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GLORIOUS!!! a soothing balm for ‘sundried’ eyes…
Shokran xxx
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I hadn’t thought how it would look in the hot parts of the world. So by all means look all you like! But “Shokran?” That means what?
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Thank you… 🙂 Also spelled… Shukran
btw… Thank you very much!!! Shukran jaziilan…
(which I just learned from ‘Arabic for Dummies’… lol)
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/common-conversational-words-and-phrases-in-arabic.html
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This looks so astonishingly beautiful. On the other hand I’m relieved to be in a temperate climate where march is full of crocus an daffodils.
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It is beautiful. It’s also well below freezing, and impenetrable by foot or car until the plows come and the unfortunate men with shovels hired by the condo association arrive to dig us out. We’re supposed to be living in a temperate climate, too. That’s what’s so astonishing and annoying about this winter.
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It seems all us folks from warm climates (56 in Austin today) are mesmerized by the beauty that surrounds you, even if it’s got you barricaded inside.
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It does indeed seem so. I could do with 56 outside!
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Oh my. 🙂
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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New week new possibilities. 🙂
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Beautiful sights, even if the cold can really challenge us…
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Thank you, Shimon. They are beautiful, but one can take just so much challenge…. 🙂
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What gorgeous views! Your photographs are always wonderful. We had no snow in Tokyo this winter…
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Thank you (as always), Takami. Your praise as a photographer is always most welcome. However, you really should just praise the iPhone. I just point and shoot…. Are you sorry it didn’t snow in Tokyo? I should think it would be a relief.
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I love love love winter. Can’t get enough. Your last photo is my favorite.
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There speaks a Georgia girl! The last photo is the view from inside my office. I picked this room to work in — rather than the one with all the sun — for the view. Summer or winter, it’s dedicated land out there and will never be built on. Wonderful.
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Nina, you’re surrounded by such beauty! Those trees look magical covered in snow, and all such spectacular shapes!
Sorry if you feel house-bound though!
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Do you live where it’s very hot, Barbara?
Yes, snow is indeed beautiful when it first falls. It’s okay about the houseboundedness, though. The temperature was 40 F. today and everything is beginning to melt. We can get out, cautiously. Spring is beginning to be sprung.
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