Despite cold winds and freezing temperatures, a walk along the salt marsh in the early morning is still a worthwhile undertaking. The play of light on ice and water is fascinating to observe.
Even the frost on the bridge sparkles in the sunlight. No surface seems immune to the effects of the intense cold.
Marsh grass is covered in ice where water has splashed up repeatedly along the trail at high tide. Layers of ice form a coating that’s several times larger than the blade of grass hidden within.
However, repeated doses of light make even the thickest frozen masses prone to melting once temperatures warm. These large chunks might take a little longer, but eventually, they’ll melt too. Warmer temperatures are forecast for the days ahead. Even if the skies are clouded and overcast, the rays will somehow find a way to make light of all this ice.
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
~ Albert Schweitzer
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Oh, Amy, I love where you went with this one. And the iced marsh grasses are lovely. Sun! You have sun! At the moment, we are wrapped in gray flannel, but we hope for better days.
It’s beautiful! And you are amazing taking walks in frosty mornings!
The quote from Schweitzer is the perfect addition to this post!
brrrrrr… its real chilly here too! 🙂
Beautiful photos. I love the marsh grass coated in ice. It adds an interesting texture to the photo. We are getting dumped on right now. We have about twelve inches of snow already and it is supposed to continue through out the night. We have Lake Michigan to thank for all this.
I liked the blue moon picture you drew as a kid :] I’ve never seen a blue moon, so I’m writing the date down.
I love the photo of the march grass coated with ice. Your ice seems to be opaque.
I remember a Nova Scotia winter in the 1970s when I first saw branches of trees and bushes coated with clear ice. It was so pretty; it glistened incredibly!
(A couple of years ago, my car was coated with a layer of ice about an inch thick. Couldn’t open the doors for anything–couldn’t even find the locks! So I had to stay put at a friend’s home in the next town until it melted! Here in BC!!!)
Did you get the predicted snowstorm today, Amy Lynn???
Hey, Gerry, I love your description of “grey flannel”! Right now, here in southern BC, were are enveloped in SOGGY grey flannel!
P.S. HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!
I, too, like the Albert Schweitzer quote. Must keep that one.
Thanks for your comments everyone. This weekend’s snowstorm brought a lot of snow and rain. Gerry, those ‘grey flannel skies’ were with us all day.
Jessica, I don’t think we got as much snow as you did. It’s above freezing now, so all this snow (and the snowfort I built with my grandson) probably won’t be around for long.
Nadezhda, getting out for walks early in the morning has now become a habit so it does not seem too bad.
Sakhi, what do you consider cold in your corner of the world?
Dawn, it took several re-writings to fit the text in with the Schweitzer quotation 🙂
Happy New Year to you too Joan!
Hey Amy! I’ve been out of town for a few days so am catching up on your words and photos….I’m so glad you get up early for your walks and share your sunset photos. I, too, love the quote and am going to put it somewhere I can see it to remind me to be as kind as I can!
Happy, happy new year!
Cindy, I think we can all use reminders to be kinder. Happy new year to you too 🙂
Beautiful photos – the light is stunning.
Thank you Louise. It’s especially nice to be stunned by that light in January in Canada 🙂