Everything Old is New Again? (more frozen flora)

January 1, 2019January 1, 2019 | drawandshoot

Sometimes we have all the weather at the same time and this is what you end up with when the sun comes out the next day. Spot the rabbit?

Best wishes for 2019! ❄️

After the (Freezing) Rain

January 4, 2017 | drawandshoot

glazedflora1 An ice crowned seed head from my garden.

Tiny icicles on the brink of melting away.
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Mosaic patterns forming on the flora as the ice crowns begin to surrender to the warmth of the sun.
glazedflora7 How quickly we can shift here from powdered snow, to rain, to freezing rain and back again.

Iced Landscape

January 5, 2015 | drawandshoot

The river’s edge, late afternoon

A starling in winter dress

The woods fully iced

After a quick succession of snow, freezing rain, and plummeting temperatures the sun came out and today everything was sparkling.

Karen McRae, 2015

Mosaic: Iced Seed Heads

December 10, 2012 | drawandshoot

This morning we had freezing rain and I headed out to photograph the same seed heads in my garden that I’ve been documenting over the fall. As the day wore on and the temperature crept over the freezing mark the ice started to change, and then things really started to look interesting. The transitions in nature are just so fascinating.

If you are interested in the seed head series you can see it here, and there is more iced flora here.

Glassy-Eyed 2: Iced Flora

January 22, 2012 | drawandshoot

A few more natural ice sculptures created by Mother Nature.

Rain, Snow and Freezing Rain… all in one day…

January 20, 2012 | drawandshoot

can look spectacular the day after when everything is iced over and glinting in the sun. And actually that kind of weather isn’t all that uncommon this winter. These images don’t even begin to bring it justice but it gives you a little taste of the fleeting silvery landscape.

All images © Karen McRae

Inside-Out Pyjamas and a Spoon Under Your Pillow

January 12, 2012January 12, 2012 | drawandshoot

It is a well-known fact(?) that if you put your pyjamas on inside out and place a spoon under your pillow upon going to bed, you will wake up to a “snow day”. School buses won’t be running and you will get to wear your inside-out pyjamas for the entire day should you choose to. Somebody has indulged…
It’s more like a freezing rain day though. I’d prefer the snow.
All images © Karen McRae