From a series of photos of Cougar Creek, Lower Mainland, British Columbia. Early spring, just before the new leaves.
From: Winter Woodland
In The Winter Garden
The cold has reached below zero, and the garden is empty as can be. Half-finished tasks wait to be completed. A pheasant, red ring, flies by unexpectedly and startles me. Small birds flutter from bush to bush, looking for any remaining seeds.
Alberta Cottonwoods
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Just Before the Storm
A Fence in the Forest
Osaka, Thursday, 4 aM
Osaka, Thursday, 4 a.m. The shadows seem to try to be menacing. The streets want to be empty.
A Walk in the Woodlands after the Rain.
Here in British Columbia it has been raining for 7-8 days straight. The weather reports says to expect another 7-10 days of rain. When I saw the rain had stopped, even if just for an hour or so, I knew this would be a time to take some images and drove in the dark to Richmond to a small part area that is maybe 3 city blocks square. There was a bit of waiting while the sun came up, and then I walked quickly into the woods in case the clouds totally lifted. I went down the single path that makes its way between the trees and underbrush. There are lot’s of birch trees, but most are dying because the bog has nowhere to flow and being surrounded by streets never really dies out with the change of seasons and the roots just rot our. As they fall in a windstorm some of their white branches can become caught in the web of other branches. In the photos the broken bits look like they are magically floating, refusing to leave the sky.