Ragged February Flowers

February 26, 2014February 26, 2014 | drawandshoot

After a bit of warmer weather a few days ago, I noticed some of the tiny seed heads from last year had managed to make their way up through the snow for some air. I think it will be a while before any more of them show their ragged little heads; we are back to winter and that snow is still thick over the earth. I like seeing how they change over the seasons so I took a few photographs this morning as we shivered together in the wind. Happily, they are still filled with little seeds of hope.

The Turning

October 25, 2013October 25, 2013 | drawandshoot

The cold is seeping into the fragile bones of the garden, things can get strange out there.

[Layered photographs, and strange ideas]

September Songs 2

September 21, 2013 | drawandshoot

Photographs of the seedheads of Lactuca Canadensis (which sounds slightly more elegant than Canada lettuce). These wild plants are not particularly beautiful at first glance, but as with many things, there is often beauty to be found in the details.

One of these things is not like the others – a layer of raindrops has been added to one image – at this moment I can hear the last day of summer being washed away by the autumn rains.

Whispers in the Garden

September 8, 2013September 8, 2013 | drawandshoot

[Photographs three layers deep.]

Just Play

August 19, 2013 | drawandshoot

That’s what summer is for, isn’t it?
I am refusing to notice (for now) that some of the trees are already changing colour.

[Pixie cup lichen and layers of summer]

This Side of Winter

May 25, 2013May 25, 2013 | drawandshoot

These are the last of the little seedheads from my garden that I have been documenting through the seasons. Somehow a few of them survived the weight of winter relatively intact. I had left them in the garden so I could photograph them on this side of winter.

These little remnants of flowers have been through many transitions over the last few months. They have been frosted, covered in freezing rain, and buried under snow.
I have photographed them in different light where they have taken on the colours of what is around them. I haven’t edited the photographs much at all, the tones you see in each set are from the surrounding growth .

You can see the beginning of the series here, here, here, and here.

looking for spring and finding a little

March 20, 2013March 20, 2013 | drawandshoot

It seems appropriate that the first buds to open in spring are little catkins dressed in fur coats. You can see why they still might need winter coats around here – the days are still frosted at the edges.

I came across these pussy willows quite by accident this morning – something told me to walk just a little further, and look just a little more carefully. They are just coming to life.

Feathered and Frosted

March 18, 2013March 18, 2013 | drawandshoot

It is hard to believe Spring is just a few days away (photographs from early this morning). It seems likely the next photographs posted here will be laden with fresh snow … the clouds are moving in – Winter is not through with us.

By Degrees

March 4, 2013June 28, 2013 | drawandshoot

We are creeping ever so slowly out of winter and these pale robin’s egg blue tones seemed to have a little whisper of spring in them, (which I am craving today!).