Wildbush Trail Guides Winter Feastival

Solstice

On the Button

The Fern Whisperer

I can get a rough idea whether or not I've captured the image I intended in the forest, but don't know for sure until I view it on my computer screen. These are the two photographs that pleased me the most this year.

The Swimming Hole Chill

Scene not Seen

I envisioned nestling in the cool green, shading as little of the moss as possible. While setting up the picture, I did not notice the twig that ended up crossing above my balls. I was pleased with the capture, but owing to the obtrusive twig, did not post it. Just one of the pitfalls when working/playing both sides of the camera in the woods.

Polar Bare

Well, perhaps not polar bare, but after a few days of cold conditioning, I finally found the balls for some northern exposure.

On Strike

A birch tree near Flagstone Bog had been looking haggard for a year or so and did not leaf out last spring. I cut it down a couple of weeks ago, for firewood, and discovered a lightning strike had been responsible for the tree's demise, as illustrated by unusual mottling in the trunk. Normally, distinct rings would be visible.

Season's Greetings

Obstacle Course

The Swimming Hole Chill

Secret Entrance

Doggy Style in the Window

Cubbyhole

Openings

Frost Bite

Wild Oats

A Kiss to Last 'til Spring

Wild Red Raspberry; Rubus idaeus

The Mystery of the Tartan Fleece Pj's

Gold Watch

Nosey Cheeks

Creature Comfort

Good Fences Make Good Neighbours

Territory

The Shadow Cracked

Fall Rise in Dapple Down

The Bashful Backside

Tatters

Fall Behind

Frosted Grass

Colour to Bare

A Tail of Two Seasons

Trail Tales II

Lower Highlands

Head Trip

Fall on a Limb

Red Maple; Acer rubrum

A Cock Short of a Fortress

Fire and Eyes

Half-banded Toper; Sympetrum semicinctum

A Dapple a Day

Turn of the Fern (for Maddie)

Catching Rays

Canada Goldenrod; Solidago canadensis

Grass Hole

Up to Know Wood

Bare Bottom Lost

Royal Orange

Monarch; Danaus plexippus

Monarch; Danaus plexippus

Knees to Please

A third photograph to complete my Altared State series, which started with Sunday Best.