While looking through my photos for the last snowfalls in recent years, I ran into this striking April sunset from a few years ago:
The little pond is just down the street from us. I quite like living in the woods! 🙂
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Happy Thanksgiving!
After Hours, Random BeautyFor the U.S.: Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m completely off (not even a peek at social media) for a few days to enjoy family time. I’ll resume posting next week.
Stay safe.
Random Beauty: Wood Anemones
Random BeautyI happened upon a patch of anemones in the woods last year:
This year they’re back. 🙂 I think they’re wood anemones (Anemone quinquefolia). The dash of pink is charming!
New to Me: Illustrator Eva Vilhelmiina Eskelinen
Design & Designers, Thumbs UpEva Vilhelmiina Eskelinen is a Finnish illustrator living in Vancouver, Canada. Her style is colorful and stylized. It reminds me of Eastern European folk tales and another Finnish artist, Tove Jansson. Take a look yourself:
Eva Vilhelmiina Eskelinen on Tumblr.
Eva Vilhelmiina Eskelinen via Twitter.
Eva Vilhelmiina Eskelinen on Tumblr.
Oh my goodness, the light and mood of these illustrations is incredible! I’m also struck by how Nordic the woods look. And these are just three of my favorites. There’s so much more on Eva’s Tumblr site.
Note: I wasn’t paid or perked to mention this; just passing along a good thing.
Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year
After Hours, Random Beauty
May your 2018 be rich with the things that matter and your days with the people you love.
Stay safe.
Egged by an Invisible Hand
My SpacesI’ve heard of people being shat by birds, but this I haven’t heard of before: I was egged. And inside the egg was a bird embryo.
All of a sudden while weeding, an egg fell on me. I don’t think the egg came from a tree: there was only one very young tree nearby, not fully in leaf yet so I was able to check for any nests in it. There were none. My guess is a bird of prey grabbed the egg and dropped it to open it, and instead it landed on my shoulder.
The egg was really tiny, about half an inch / 1.5 cm or so. I scooped the amazing little embryo on a rock to take a photo.
You can see the eyes, the beak, and tiny little legs. (Or wings?) Poor little thing.
It was pretty surreal. But I still love living in the woods, even with unexpected egg attacks.
Happy Thanksgiving!
After HoursFor the U.S.: Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m off for a few days. I’ll resume posting next week.
Supermoon Lunar Eclipse
Bits in Spaaace!, Geek out!We happened to have excellent conditions for the 2015 supermoon lunar eclipse: clear skies, warm weather, and a dark backyard for early night viewing. The best shot I got is from the beginning of the eclipse (with a little computer enhancement).
Very neat. And, although celestial photography won’t become a part of my skills in a hurry, it was nice to try.
