Spotted this fascinating "blossom" within Gowlland Tod Provincial Park on Vancouver Island
(which has subsequently been identified as "clematis vitalbae" - many thanks to fellow blogger, MaryAustria)
... and here the Tod Inlet is frozen over
(a regular visitor to the park who was there on the day commented that she has lived
in the area for more than 20 years and has never seen this occur before)
..some funghi
and a frozen/thawing creek
aahh.... so many delights on which to feast the eyes (and camera lens)!
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15 comments:
A gorgeous series of photos! This "blossom" is a clematis vitalbae. There are a lot of them here in Austria. I published also photos of them not long ago.
Beautiful photos!
lovely close ups. We have a flower that is similar that grows in the bogs near my home, not exactly the same, but cottony like this one.
Oh gosh for a minute there I thought you were blogging from Australia and I could NOT believe all that ice, then fortunately I saw where you were on this post and was not so surprised. Quite lovely pictures, but I bet you were about frozen!
What lovely shots.
Fascinating snowy fluff and the frozen inlet is quite a sight. The fungi are certainly fascinating shapes.
Nice to see what nature is doing on the other side of the world. A very nice series.
some magical shots there Valerie, I really enjoyed
Get set and very relaxing to look at. Thanks!
Wonderful post.
We used to search for dead fungi when kids - they make great firestarters :)
It's always interesting to watch the change between seasons, the freeze/thaw that occurs. We've had a lot of snow this winter so for us, it will be interesting to see how quickly it melts come warm weather (and what flooding will occur).
Wonderful set of winter shots.
The frozen lake looks beautiful
Isn't it great to get outdoors again?
Poppy-Filled Sky
Great pictures!! Living in Florida, we never see this kind of weather.
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