Winter on Green Lane

Posted by Russ Devan (New Hanover, United States) on 27 February 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Thank you all for your kind comments on the last and prior posts. I really appreciate them.

This was the view of Green Lane Reservoir from the trail during a recent walk last weekend. The recent bit of winter that we finally experienced in New Hanover created a nice icy covering over the water and a beautiful blanket of snow in the woods. Hiking through the snow is a wonderful experience as the snow muffles so much sound, creating a peaceful silence. The snow has a way of making the cold almost pleasureable.

I liked how not all of the reservoir iced over, the bit of open water nicely reflecting the snowy woods on the opposite shore and a hint of the evening sky just after sunset. It was difficult, if not impossible, to get a clear, unimpeded view of the water due to the low-hanging tree branches along the shoreline. So, rather than fight them, I decided to use them in the image, which probably gives you a more accurate view of what I was seeing that winter evening.

Thanks for stopping by.

“If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.” - Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of Boy Scouts

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