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An Ode to Snow (Holy SHIT! I can post more than one photo??)
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An Ode to Snow (Holy SHIT! I can post more than one photo??)  I took this photo in April somewhere along a little dirt road that was named Bearpaw Mountain, in the Northern area of the Idaho panhandle. I did my first solo 4wd driving there. I was using a little 98 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It was a most capable vehicle. I am currently stuck in the house now by snow that measures about a third of what was on the ground in the photo. There was still 3-4 feet of snow in most places, but the roads had been plowed to a nice muddy soup consistency and traveling in mud is where a 4wd vehicle makes all the difference in the world.  When I first arrived, I spent about 8 solid weeks in the house. I made a couple of short jaunts to the store, but it was to the store, straight back to the house and more endless hours of television. And the moose. The moose and I, well...I think we entertained one another. I would step out on the screened-in, elevated porch on the back of the house, and take photos of her through the screen, talking to her all the while. Only once did she ever approach me to get a closer look, but often as I was talking to her she would stop in her decimation of tender spring buds that were sprouting on the trees that were planted around the house, and chew thoughtfully as she stared at me. I often wondered what she was thinking at those times. My educated guess would be, "Noisy, not threatening, not edible, not my problem." But the in me, the one who likes fairy tales and most of her life identified most strongly with Ellie Mae Clampett minus the good looks, wanted to believe that me and the Moose would become friends. She went on to educate me later in the year, when she took offense to being barked at by the dogs, that she held me in no particular esteem.  A sunset over Priest Lake. I was hard pressed to leave the lake that day, although the temperatures were rapidly dropping. There was a slight breeze crossing that great frozen expanse of lake that carried all the warmth of the Arctic Circle on its breath. I had been watching a small bank of fog starting to hover over the top of the ice in a rather deep and narrow cove. I watched as it began to grow, like a small raincloud, growing rapidly larger and larger until it completely obscured the little cove. It hung still for a time hovering there over the frozen lake, but that cold breeze begant to stir the mist, turning them into a simmering white cauldron. I cannot describe the overwhelming desire I had to throw off all caution and walk out into that mist. The way the gold of the setting sun would catch the top of the mass and send little dancing slivers of gold across those slowly swirling clouds was enticing, alluring. It spoke to my heart of alternate universes and fairies and other worlds far more understanding than the one I was in...I still sometimes wonder if I missed my death or a chance at something mystical that day. I could be saddened by my inability to do the things I once did, but I think instead it is better that I relish in the fact that I did once stand toe to toe with Winter, and found the beauty of it in spite of myself. Hope everyone is staying warm! I am headed for sunshine in a short 18 days! That is the thought that is keeping me sane "Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson   |
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What great shots, and amazing commentary. Thanks. I too like to get out there when the weather is “really bad”. I STILL want to go to Yellowstone in the dead of winter, but am having a hard time finding anyone crazy enough to join me. Just Not Feeling It Jokes And a PreValentine39s Day Riddle For You Welcome to the AFF Time Machine [post 3312759] My Private Blog – Tell me your secrets
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Great shots and comments.
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 i'm glad you're posting your photos again. although i like the moose, the other two are simply breathtaking! thanks for sharing...all three of them!When the tides of life are against you And the current upsets your boat Don't think of things that might have been Just lay on your back and float Ed Norton / The Honeymooners 1954
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awesome photos dee......that we had the opportunity to have such experiences is reason for jubilation;that perhaps we cannot still do so is acceptance of reality of life
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Love the photos, w&w! I stand toe to toe with winter every day...-26 this morning and -21 now! Good thing the Olympics are on, as I can stay indoors and stay warm while I watch. 
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Lovely photos McWon!  And prose!
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