"I gazed from side to side, thrilled almost to pain with the glorious feast of snowy diamond loveliness . . . It is all one finished unit of divine beauty, weighed in the celestial balances and found perfect."
The Contemplative John Muir
I was amazed last week to see how much the crystallized fog decorating the Cottonwood trees reminded me of springtime Wild Plum blossoms! It was as though we had a day of springtime flowering right in the midst of winter :)
Photos: (Top) Rime-covered Cottonwoods with red cliffs, Lory State Park, CO, January 13, 2015; (Middle) Frosted Willows and red cliffs west of Loveland, CO, January 13, 2015; (Bottom) Wild Plum blossoms in Spring, near Longmont, CO, April 30, 2014
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