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.

"The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both."
- Zen Buddhist Text

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