As I was carefully backing out of the driveway, I did a double take. The Pampas Grass beside the driveway was completely covered in ice and its fronds were so pretty I had to go back inside and get my camera.
The fronds reminded me of feathers encased in glass, and I captured these pictures from inside the car sitting in the driveway ...
This next picture is my favorite ... isn't God's handiwork truly breathtaking!
It is not humanly possible, even for the world's finest glass makers, to replicate the graceful elegance of that single ice-encased frond.
Our little male cardinal greeted me when I returned home from Jackson. He was sitting on a bench underneath our Japanese Maple, as if he was waiting for me to come home and put out some fresh sunflower seeds for him, which I'm going to do when I finish this post. I captured these pictures from inside the kitchen window.
The ice will be gone tomorrow ... and so we will we. We're heading South to spend a couple of days on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and are looking forward to sunshine and temperatures in the mid-60s. Wish we could send some sunshine your way, but perhaps I'll at least have some "sunshiny" pictures to share.
5 comments:
Have fun on the coast!
I love that cardinal shot. One of my favorite birds.
Be safe!
xo
Sheila
Love your pictures of the icy Pampas Grass and the Cardinal. You captured these works of art very nicely. We didn't get that much ice in North Mississippi.
How beautiful - I would have gone back to get my camera, too!
I stood in the driveway about noon, looking back at the house, at the few shimmery fangs pendent upon the eaves, marveling at the colors and rainbow glimmers---one which I'd seen from inside was actually swaying in the wind. I could not fathom why it hadn't fallen---surely ice would not give that much movement.
And now these---I cannot tell you. Neither Cartier nor Tiffany could dream such magnificently bejeweled pieces, and no human dares to try.
Your favorite is mine, as well, for the sheer intricacy and power of it are unimaginable.
And what if you'd been running late? I think I'd have felt a pang for the missing, not even having known the cause.
M'sieu Rouge himself is out-shown by each of these glories---How Great Thou Art, indeed.
Beautiful sharp photos Janie. As usual with your amazing photos we can climb into your photos and be right there.
Have a wonderful time on the coast.
Pat in Tallahassee
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