The land and sea converge here at the edge of the city. People walk to the end of the boardwalk and then to the edge of the shore to look out over the vast white plain which covers the Northumberland Strait. The overcast day emphasizes the scene as the winter blue along the horizon accentuates the cold.
Many will find this scene bleak. However the small tree and the remnants of the vegetation visible through the snow withstand harsh conditions. They resist and persist.
So do the people who come to this place to take in the setting and the atmosphere despite the cold. They are a testament to the human spirit and are an inspiration.
Freezing temperatures, snow and ice are the great equalizers here although what lies beneath is different. Nature creates these conditions and nature will restore the land and sea to their warmer selves.
The footprints visible in the snow will disappear and those who walk here will linger longer as the temperature rises. Soon land and sea will be distinct again. However, for a few weeks every year, they converge and become as one in a spectacle of nature.
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A good time to remember that Spring is coming. Someday.
It is awesome but how do you keep warm?
It is very beautiful, even if a bit on the desolate side. I would love it too, given enough cold weather gear. :-)
If you don't write poetry, you probably should.
Hello,
It does look beautiful and very cold. Lovely views and photos.
Enjoy your day, wishing you a happy new week!
What an awesome place to live - that scenery is so beautiful, although I cannot comprehend how very cold it must be.
The blank canvas on which nature will compose its picture as the weather warms. We would not last long there without thick clothes and a warm house and a well-stocked larder to return to.
I think it looks incredibly beautiful Marie, we each have totally opposite extremes ✨
Beautiful post. I do not find it bleak, but I do find it cold and challenging. Spring is around the corner. It is visiting here these days at the very early beginning.
Oh, how beautiful. Harsh, unforgiving, and very, very beautiful.
such pretty captures!! it looks so cold and so interesting with the pops of vegetation!!!
These are lovely, moody scenes.
Beautiful snow scenes!
Have a wonderful week!
These scenes really are so lonely looking, but oh, how I love them. I always think back to the days before instant communication, before heat at the flip of a switch, and even our clothing is so different. And I think people were strong...strong physically, strong in spirit.
It's almost March. Spring is coming.
What an unusual shot. Looks like the land runs into the sky.
I can remember years when Lake Erie has frozen all the way across and we benefit from similar images.
I love that you show us ALL that your area has to offer … there is a type of beauty in every season.
You are such a wonderful poet, Marie, in vision and verb. I hate that we don't get snow here in the Netherlands like they used to. But at least I can remember it through your eyes and words. Thank you.
Those pictures all say COLD!!
So much beauty in those lovely winter scenes. I know I would enjoy being there. Super banner photo too, I absolutely love it.
So beautiful. Restful, even.
A serene scenery...
Incredible!
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