January words

100 words a day. Last month's batch is posted here.

As usual the first person who identifies the one-word theme for January will receive a prize.

Truant

This morning I paid my first visit to the Eramosa River since January 13. The storm of January 27 and subsequent week of heavy snow has transformed the landscape but today my eye and camera were mostly drawn upward.



I have been afraid to use my camera's close-up feature because it draws so much battery charge, an extravagance I couldn't afford. In fact I used it so rarely I had convinced myself it didn't work, but it does. The new rechargeables have set me free to experiment, with pleasing results. The rest of today's posted images were taken using the close-up switch.



It is a pleasant day with temperatures around freezing and softly falling snow. If winter stayed like this, I would be content.

( Two more images )

Finding nice lichen to photograph always makes me think of avad. Today was one of those days. One image is posted in iamthelorax, and a closer view in texture.

Shaped by nature

Broken and beautiful. July 25, 2003, Poplar Bluff Beach on Lake Erie.



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