Hopefully by now you know The Ranch as the land of Vistas:
We are almost (but not quite) at the annual snowline, but we do get a great deal of hoarfrost. This walk was looking at the smaller worlds the frost makes when it is in the shade, unmelted by the sun.
that's a nice looking plot a land 45
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! It is definitely lovely.
DeleteThe frosty photos are gorgeous. The Ranch looks so nice and peaceful. Btw TB, I found Protocol, I'm downloading it tonight and intend to find your scene!!! :)
ReplyDeleteRain, it is so peaceful. Probably one of the reasons I love it so much.
DeleteIf you find the scene, I am the one with the white Sousaphone.
Are you wearing a white beret!?! I think I spotted you!!! :)
DeleteThat was me Rain!
DeleteYou can choose to publish this comment or not! Here you go: https://youtu.be/MO7YJS7hbKg
DeleteYou are now part of history! :) It's an unlisted video, so nobody can see it unless they have the link!!! Share it if you like! :)
My three seconds of fame!
DeleteI have often reflected when I'm walking my dog, that what she sees, smells, and hears is so different from what I perceive that we may as well be on different planets.
ReplyDeleteIt is thanks to an upper division course in systematic botany that I learned to appreciate the vistas that lie under our feet--flowers so small it takes a hand lens to view them. Like your view of frost on a leaf, and the distant pastures through the piney woods, we can almost feel the wonderful silence of the day. Thanks for the post.
You are quite welcome Greg. This was always the argument of Gene Logsdon: there is no need to travel to far off vistas when undiscovered worlds lie at our feet and a small property can involve a lifetime of discovery.
DeleteThe frost can do such amazing things. Lovely pictures!
ReplyDeleteIt can Leigh. We do not have nearly so much around here, so I do not get to see the same interesting patterns.
Deleteooooh, hoarfrost (dramatic music in background)...... get those woolies out! mittens... not sheep, but without sheep no mittens ;-)
ReplyDeleteLove the pics. Thank you, TB!
~Karen
Thank you Karen! I am surprised about how chill it can be out of the sun even on a sunny day (and how much the frost stays around).
DeleteI've been reading my first Logsdon book and will soon start the second one. As someone with access to quite a bit of land, I am constantly amazed at the things I discover even after many decades of seemingly walking every inch of it. I don't think I've ever come back from a walk without a few more pictures on my camera roll.
ReplyDeleteEd, Logsdon had a keen eye for detail and literally spent the last 40 years of his life learning about his 40 acres so, land that he had grown up on originally. He was the one that really got me started in thinking about the benefits of "staying in" versus "going abroad".
Delete