Though it is scarcely imaginable at the month's frozen beginning, water always returns in March; in fact, I went back through my photo archives and checked:
Water is my theme for this month, the defining feature of March in the mountains. Not much greens or blooms just yet, but irrepressible trickles and springs chuckle under the ice, making sneaky little pathways to the murky swelling river. The air is fragrant, the snow in the valley smushes like neglected sorbet, and the skiing in the alpine is incomparable. The lakes are cracked and treacherous, ducks claim the newly liberated swampy bits, and children's shoes claim the mud.
Soon. For now, all is snow and ice, but soon.
How lovely to have water beginning it's presence in your days. We Manitoba folk have to wait yet month, give or take. Enjoy it, and I'll enjoy it through your photos.
Posted by: PrairiePoppins | 02/03/2011 at 05:56 AM
I do not know why, but I ADORE that picture of the sidewalk in the rain. i would frame it and put it on the wall.
I love how you find the beauty in the ordinary.
Posted by: Marji | 08/03/2011 at 11:32 AM