Winter's Garden is Subtle

If we look closely, winter's garden is full of delights.  Here are 2 that you can easily experience - the moving grasses as the winter wind blows them, and then fruits and berries on trees and shrubs -bright colours against the darkness of winter.

Countdown to Christmas - Winter Solstice

Today's countdown marks the WInter Solstice which occurred yesterday.

“Solstice literally means 'Sun Stands Still', for a few days around the time of the winter solstice the sun appears to stand still in the sky in that its elevation at noon does not seem to change.


The winter solstice date is normally considered to be the 21st of December in the northern hemisphere, however at the winter solstice the position of the sun remains the same for three days.”

Last Fruit Standing

These rows of old apple trees are near Ralph Suttell's place in Beamsville.  Ralph is the dahlia grower whose dahlias have been showcased here and on my website.  These photos were taken on the weekend - the first time in December that I can remember everything still looking like autumn.  The late afternoon light made long shadows across the field and turned everything golden.

Last Days of December

December is the month when the light dwindles each day, bringing an end to the garden season with a sense of poignancy.  I was downtown this week in an overcast sky and found a perfect setting at Up Country to portray this.

Autumn Abstracts

I was in Niagara this past week and stopped along Highway 8 so that I could take some photos of the beautiful fields of purples, yellows and browns with asters and teasels everywhere.

Here are some of the images.