The weather is a good metaphor for life.
Even in extreme conditions, it’s your point of view that decides whether life is beautiful or not.
Sometimes it helps to explore the thrills of the small things in life: like snowflakes on the handle of a spade.
See how they cling together, giving each other warmth and beauty? How together they can transform the mundane into – dare I say it – something better than themselves.
And even there, when you are out on a limb, you can still dare to veer off your path, to create your own loveliness.
See how those flakes are hanging down, stuck together with nothing but moisture, perseverance, a little faith – and some love.
That’s the miracle of life: each one of us unique, and clinging together to create beauty where we can.
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Beautiful pics, and beautiful thoughts to match! :-)*
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Lovely photographs, have you ever read about “snowflake Bentley”. In 1800/1900 he photographed snowflake, people though he was a bit crazy. Interesting read the way he did it.
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You do have a way with words and photos! Lovely!
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Breathtaking photos – well done! And yes, whatever the inconvenience of the present weather conditions, they still produce beautiful, heart-lifting effects.
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Beautiful captures. It’s astonishing to see how the individual flakes cling together as they begin to melt. (I know there’s a scientific explanation for it, but it still amazes me;-))
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I can almost “see” individual snow flakes. Amazing LadyFi!
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Now those pictures actually make the snow seem pretty!
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Beauteous!
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I was feeling a bit down and am glad I made a return visit to your blog. Good food for the soul. Beautiful photos.
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Wonderfully amazing photos … I could barely tear my eyes away to read your thoughts.
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I agree with Jenners. I don´t need words to these beautiful pics!
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These images are enchanted! This beautiful art in snow and ice that only nature can create.;) And a keen photographer like you can capture.;))
Loved your sentiments in words as well,
xoxo
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Oh wow – those pictures are amazing!!
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crating beauty where we can…i like that…great shots…love the textures of that snow…
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Beautiful pictures as well as your words of wisdom…very true! Happy Monday! XX
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I love hoar frost! This is so beautiful like a fairy tale country! Thank you for sharing! Thank for your visit!
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You make it look so gorgeous!
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You are so very creative, talented and with so much sensitivity to the world around you and you share it with us in such incredibly breathtaking ways. Thank you! You bring so much into my world! Have a beautiful week!
Sylvia
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The weather sure looks magical!
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Absolutely, sunning photos and such thought-provoking ideas. A friend of mine from Cameroon said that only in the north or far south is weather a philosophical matter. Around the equator, weather is just zen.
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splendid captures. you are right about weather being metaphor. i like that line too.
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I’m so jealous of your wonderful photos! If I’m not mistaken you got a new camera around the same time as me …. but you obviously read the manual a lot more (or are just very talented) because your photos are just fab and keep getting better and better!
– Fiona
ps – I know you must think we are crazy going on about a little bit of snow compared to your winter snow but for us, it has been a huge amount and worse – we are totally unprepared for it. The country ground to a total standstill last week and this week is not much better. We don’t even have winter tyres here which makes for some fun driving – cars are sliding and crashing into each other all the time. After 10 days of snow – we need a thaw!!
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I don’t think you’re crazy at all… That’s a lot of snow you’ve had – and, as you say, it’s terrible when the whole country comes to a standstill because it’s not prepared.
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Gorgeous, both the words and the photos. You really captured the beauty of the snow and ice at both the large and small scale!
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The snowflakes hold such fascinating patterns, ever changing and no two alike. Also like the characters that make up the world.
It’s gorgeous and your captures wonderful. However, I’d rather view it through your lense than up close. Brrr….
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WOW, gorgeous icy images.
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Your great photographs captured a beauty of great nature.
Have a wonderful day.
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The first shot looks magical.
Great pics.
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Your photos and point of view always help us find the beauty.
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beautiful..you have captured them perfectly..individual but together! It must have warmed up to snow..your snow looks way prettier than mine:)
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Superb shots.
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love the thoughts and the photos are really great! have a good week!
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gorgeous captures and superb commentary
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I do love grandfather Frost’s handiwork and your sweet analogy with life.
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Sagolikt vackert! Du visar verkligen naturens konstverk!
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exquisite photos to match such wondrous thoughts.
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Beautiful Winter My World Tuesday posting
Have a nice week,
Greetings, Bram
Link to My Word Tuesday post!
Seen on My World Tuesday
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Snow! Oh how lovely!
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Life may not be beautiful in such cold but yours pictures are 🙂
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Thank your for sharing so much beauty through your fabulous photographs! Your weather metaphors are lovely. Life is beautiful and it is a wonderful world!
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Marvelous photos!
Love the world of Emerson also!
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Just beautiful! I love how ice transforms things into objects of great beauty, especially trees.
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What beautiful photos! I like your metaphor of snowflakes and people both coming together for strength and to create beauty.
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Snow on your pictures look so beautiful, in my reality it’s rather ugly and cold !
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I do think it’s beautiful! And yes, it is cold…
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Stunning! Absolutely stunning.
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I think you found a totally mnew snowflake species there. They look really fancy on red background spade.
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Words and images – beautiful!
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sweden in a nutshell. 🙂 Great shots though.
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OMG….such stunning photos!! I guess we’ll be in for some real treats from you again this winter!!
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I love the line about veering off the path to create your own loveliness…
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Lovely=)
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oh. my.
how?
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I love the sentiment. So many a bitchin’ about the snow. I love it.
Thank you for visiting My World !
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Oh just beautiful Fi! (And that’s even though I now have a guilty conscience for complaining about rain ;>)!)
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Truly breathtaking!
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A lovely post with amazing photos! Things really are how you look at it. It’s been so cold here lately…but I’ve enjoyed watching the sunrise in the morning, something I can’t do in the summer as I’m never awake that early 😀
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Thanks for the inspiring metaphor LF. Like Gutsy Writer said–I can almost see the individual flakes as well.
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Wonderful images (and words) 🙂 TFx
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I like your perspective. And your photos. It’s good to be able to see the little things. Thanks for showing them to me.
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I dunno – cold is cold! 😉
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Gorgeous, gorgeous post!
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Happy Wednesday!
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Those pictures captured the snow nicely, even down to the shapes within the flakes that i can clearly see in some of these shots.
Amazing
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Beautiful photos and beautiful thoughts paired with them. 🙂
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Oh, incredible! Gorgeous.
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Simply Beautiful. I hate winter but even I can’t help but appreciate the beauty in your photographs.
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you have those beautiful warm colors in the background in the last two photos, and that warmth really comes through. gorgeous.
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This post is astoundingly beautiful.
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Wow, just wow!
xo jj
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beautiful photos, Fiona. Soemtimes I have the impression that the snow is blue….
nice day
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brilliant post!!
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Wise words, Fi – and wonderful frosty photos.
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You do show us lovely scenes of winter but they make me glad to live in a milder climate.
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This is so beautiful.. your photos and your thoughts behind them.
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These photos are just stunning – wonderful details.
I just started a project on observing a tree and everything that is on it – maybe you’d like to join! I’d be happy to have you.
http://thetreeyear.wordpress.com
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So weather and life both require the right kind of “clothes” so you are prepared for whatever you encounter…but the clothes of life is your attitude…
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