It's been a bleary winter for the most part thus far in 2008. We've had a few finches—purple finches and pine siskins—but still no redpolls or pine grosbeaks. And we've had a good bit of snow, too.
Today started out gray and bleary again. Then the carpet of clouds lifted slightly and the world turned a lovely warm peach color.
Sun shining over the eastern treeline and under the clouds drawing down.
Even the leafless whip-like branches of the weeping willow tree looked beautiful, like golden strands of hair.
The sycamore and trees in the old orchard, though leafless, took on a fall-like glow. From the orchard came some bird song, encouraging the sun to stay a little longer—a cardinal, a pair of Carolina wrens, a tufted titmouse, an eastern towhee.
At the peanut feeder, a pair of harlequin book ends: a red-breasted and a white-breasted nuthatch.
I thanked the sun and invited her to come back again any time. It's the sun's golden warmth that brings on the optimism making us smile and making the birds sing.
5 comments:
What a beautiful post Bill. What brilliant light you were so lucky to catch!
It was a day to make one smile; truly lovely! We took a late afternoon/early evening drive along the river for that very reason, to catch that autumnal glow behind the hills and trees, but we only LOOKED; we didn't think to get pictures!
Thanks, Bill.
Oh, Bill. The sunset, the sun's warm glow... Beautiful photos! In the dead of winter, you found light. The days are getting longer :o)
Bloody cold! It was like -5 in Buffalo! But the sky was pristine and everything was beautiful so I could not help myself but go out on a hike.
That warm peach glow time has always been my absolute favorite time of the day. Everything looks beautiful at that time of day. Thank you for the lovely photos!
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