Winter still hangs on with cold frosty nights but during the day sun shines from a clear blue sky that thaws the land. That harsh light is not perfect for photography but in a secluded gorge I found some nice ice formations and melting ice for macro photo.
Is it just my imagination, or is there a little guy trying to lure me in for a winter bath?
Stay clear from the spring ice, ha de Gött!
A blackbird (Turdus merula) sitting safe in the blackthorn bushes, where else. Singing its loud melodic tune for a spring mate. This little bird has adapted to live close to humans and are therefore common in urban places. Found all over Europe but also in south east Australia.
Put your shorts on and sing along, back in black. Ha de Gött!
A pair seeking food in the wet grass, keeping a close watch of the photographer. The common crane (Grus grus) is large bird with long legs and neck to be able to seek food in shallow waters. Usually they gather in large flocks during spring for their mating dance. Guess these two skipped that part.
Then they fly off, ha de Gött!
Two swans passing over the calm sea in the early spring morning.
Ha de Gött!
Flowing free
for a moment
holding still
in ice and snow
an eternal round trip
dinosaur beverage
Hydrate, ha de Gött!
Ulseröd windmill catching the last rays of the sun, ha de Gött!
Pine cone chilling in the snow, ha de Gött!
Naked tree refuses to fall.
Ha de Gött!
It’s February and nature awaits the coming of spring.
Any day now birds will start to sing.
Good things come to those who waits, ha de Gött!
Left here since the ice age some ten thousand years ago. Watching how the nature around slowly changes. Generations come and go. Past generations believed these blocks of stone was thrown by giants or the the gods. The stone knows.
Fact or fable, where’s the fun. Ha de Gött!
UlleHaddock 