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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

(Not Quite) Wordless Wednesday: Winter Ducks

We've had an unusually warm winter in Chicago this year. On a recent hike in January we found some ducks enjoying a swim. Though the pond was almost 3/4s of the way frozen, they made use of every available unfrozen space they could.



"Unfortunately, nature is very much a now-you-see-it, now-you-don't affair. A fish flashes, then dissolves in the water before my eyes like so much salt. Deer apparently ascend bodily into heaven; the brightest oriole fades into leaves. Those disappearances stun me into stillness and concentration; they say of nature that it conceals with a grand nonchalance...



... and they say of vision that it is a deliberate gift, the revelation of a dancer who for my eyes only flings away her seven veils.  For nature does reveal as well as conceal..."  ~Annie Dillard

Linked to: Kent Weakley Photography, Live and Love Out Loud, Project Alicia, Poetic Winter Photo Challenge



9 comments:

  1. I really love the reflections in that second shot.Very cool!

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  2. absolutely stunning shots!

    thanks so much for sharing:)

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  3. Wow! Speechless. What beauty you have captured here.

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  4. I still love this! Thanks so much for sharing it with us in the Poetic Winter Photo Challenge. I added it to our Poetic Winter Pinterest board! I hope you remembered to grab the free texture over at my place! Next week's theme will be Warmth. Have a great weekend. :)

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  5. These are beautiful! And you're so right about the Chicago weather right now, this is my first winter in Chicago and I have been thinking how bizarrely warm it has been lately!

    Thanks for taking part in the Poetic Winter Photo Challenge, I always enjoy your photos and I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with next week!

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  6. lovely reflection in that first one, so crisp

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  7. These pictures are so simple, but yet so beautiful!

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