Carver's Sight or is that Site

Photohunters: Twelve

2009-12-25T07:19:00.009-05:00

I am setting up my photohunters post for auto publish so if I'm late visiting I'll see you soon. I almost skipped this week's theme but decided in honor of Christmas I'd set it up as a Christmas theme to go along with the prompt this week which is twelve.

Above are twelve red berries making the number twelve on the ice I dumped out of the bird bath.

Twelve ornaments are weighing down the miniature table tree in my cluttered living room. Twelve ornaments are hanging on the rod over my deck door by my den.

Twelve skaters are skating on the miniature rink I put up at Christmas. It looks like two of them are going to run into each other but somehow they never do as they go around the rink when I plug it in.

Merry Christmas and may the year's end and beginning be joyful whatever you celebrate. Participants post beginning on Saturday at the home of the hunt.

Nature Notes: Jack Frost nipping at the leaves

2009-12-22T07:53:00.008-05:00

Winter is officially here according to the calendar and the morning leaves confirm it. My nature notes this week will be even earlier than usual but since I'm scheduling my photo themes in advance I figured I'd spread them out a little.

It is funny to me how both of my blogs have become almost exclusively photographic theme oriented but I enjoy participating in the various themes. Nature Notes is one of my favorites because I enjoy observing the changes and nuances in the natural world.

I love the way Jack Frost sugar coats the leaves. The first and third leaves stayed green much later than usual on vines which adds to their beauty when sugar coated with frost. Probably by this time next week they'll join the rest in brown drops on the ground. The nandina bush above keeps it's leaves but the berries will drop.

The shot below was one I took in January of 2009. We won't be getting any snow for Christmas (almost never do) so I'm cheating and creating a White Christmas below from last winter's photos.

The last shot is from March 2009 when we had a late snow for us. We do have odd weather some years. I remember one Easter when we had some snow and that Christmas was like springtime. As the saying goes around these parts, if you don't like the weather hang around a day and it will change.

The home of Nature Notes and Signs of the Seasons can be found at Rambing Woods. Wishing those of you who celebrate Christmas a happy one, and wishing everyone a joyful end of 2009 whatever you may celebrate.

Today's Flowers: Then and Now

2009-12-20T07:31:00.004-05:00

I thought I'd take a look through the seasons of flowers. The first shot is of the tulip tree which bloomed early only to be hit with an early March snow.

The shot below is of my gerber daisies in July with their summer face on.

I had one last black eyed susan (below) which bloomed this fall on my deck after the rest had gone to seed.

I took the shot below this Friday after winter had left the flower pots on my deck empty of flowers. The tiny bit of snow was here and gone quickly but at least we got a little before Christmas.

For other participants, please visit the home of Today's Flowers.