Winter

Four Seasons  

I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again." - Lewis Carroll

It is getting cold. Winter is putting footsteps on the garden.

 Snowy blanket covers all. 

Moon eerily peers through scrawny, blackened maple branches.

Lit reindeers cavort on snowy ledge. Photo: V.E.V., Columbus, Ohio: December 12, 2020 

Snow, like kisses from heaven, is sparkling like a million little suns.

Downtown Snow. Photo: I.T.V., Columbus, Ohio: December 13, 2016

But to tell you the truth, I like snow... when it comes in a paper cone and is covered in chocolate syrup.

             Can anyone tell me where the Delete Winter button is?

Fall

Four Seasons  

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves. 

Red and gold leaves from maple trees abound.

Rising Sun Redbud bush shows off spectacular profusion of pea-like pale pink, bright peach, orange, and yellow-speckled lime green heart-shaped leaves. Photo: V.E.V., Columbus, Ohio: September 18, 2023

Neighbor's spooky skull arbor. Photo: V.E.V., Columbus, Ohio: September 29, 2023

Fall... the year's last, loveliest smile - showing us how beautiful it is to let things go.

Summer

Four Seasons 

 I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket. - Kellie Elmore

I'm glad it's finally hot to complain about how hot it is.

Furry backyard denizens Chip and Sniffy share a bowl of bird seed.

Winged regulars (from left): blue jay, robin, and cardinal. Photos: V.E.V., Columbus, Ohio

Summer glow

Summer night is like a perfection of thought. You can stretch right up and touch the sky.

Rare sighting of a brilliant yellow American goldfinch perched on the drinking bowl. Photo: V.E.V., Columbus, Ohio

Night Visitors. Family of raccoons raid Chip's food stash.

Dear spring, I love my summer critters.

I'm breaking up with you.

Summer is hotter

than you. 

Spring

Four Seasons 

The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect moments in harmony with each other. - Arthur Rubinstein

Indeed. 

Each moment of the year has its own beauty. Thus, this series.

Let the imagery speak for itself and be a celebration of earth's seasonal transformations. 

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Nothing ever seems impossible in spring, you know. - M.M. Montgomery

No matter how long the winter, snow gives way to the will of spring.

Left: Crabapple tree in full bloom. Right: Yellow daffodils spring forth. Photo: I.T.V., Columbus, Ohio

Ahhh... spring. It unlocks flowers to paint the laughing soil. 

Lilac blossoms lend their perfume to the air.

Azul's tree blooms with pink blossoms. Photo: I.T.V., Columbus, Ohio: April 18, 2020

And Spring arose on the garden fair,

Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;

And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast

rose from the dreams of its wintry rest. - Percy Bysshe Shelley

Spring has sprung.

Here's to lots of warm and sunny days to come!