Remainders

Before I move on to yesterday’s somewhat unexpected change of scene, I have a few other images from the end of last week.

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This tree was one of my first acquaintances when I moved back to New York. It sits by an old wall that marks the edge of the property. That tree is a gauge of the seasons.

On sunny evenings, I love seeing its silhouette from the window of a back bedroom.

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Dawn on the 7th was serene pink.

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A few days ago I found a Facebook page for Point au Roche and sent a query about the snow geese. As of yesterday, none had arrived, but we still plan to drive up again.

Some would call that a wild goose chase 🙂

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As we drove out to the state route, a huge flock of birds flew over. Starlings, perhaps. There have been a few red-winged blackbirds at the feeders and and couple of grackles but mostly now we just have our winter visitors, chickadees, juncos, cardinals. Some stay year round: finches, blue jays, crows, doves, pigeons and masses of sparrows that natter in the hedges.

One evening recently Grant called out to me that a bird was fluttering at the living room window. It was dark so it was obviously attracted by our lights, but it ought to have gone to roost. Venturing out, we found a sparrow sitting on the porch. Something wasn’t right and Grant was able to pick it up, but there was no apparent injury. We are not experts by any means, but clearly the sparrow wouldn’t be safe on the porch overnight, so we put it in a box and closed it in a room where it would be safe from nosy cats.

Next morning when we opened the door we heard the welcome sound of chirping. We carried the box outside and when I opened the lid, our little friend flew off into the dawn.

A happy start to that day.

Birds are so very precious. All birds.

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Grey may be the prevalent colour now, but this serves to emphasise the remainders.

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Something about the image of almost naked trees appeals to me.

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An act of defiance? The last hold-outs?

The simplicity of the image strikes me as artistic.

A clean, uncluttered look will always get my vote.

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Solitary trees too. Fully naked also. Trees in general.

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In Greenwich that day, we found two that were a wonderful shade of red.

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One that barely acknowledged the arrival of Fall.

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Another pleasing silhouette.

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This is silly, but I hear these trees calling out:

“Yellow! We are yellow!”

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A horse and its willow tree.

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A hillside of oaks added colour to the day.

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Oaks, willows and some others!

No matter the season and in almost any weather scenic drives are a delight.

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