The secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life, and in elevating them to art. — William Morris
Dazzling landscapes and wide views are glorious,
But there is beauty in the details too.
The details allow us to see the emotions of nature:
How a tiny twig looks like weary traveller;
How wind-blown branches are like pilgrims
Walking to a dream destination
Where fortitude and tenacity and belief in self matter.
For more small details, please visit: Our World.
Lady Fi 
the details allow us to see the emotions of nature…very cool…and love that quote…so much to see in the pics too…the crystalline structure of the frost….very cool close ups…
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Stunning!
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Lovely capture!
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Well thought of and well photographed.
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Lovely details!
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A beautiful post.
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Nice details Ladyfi 🙂
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very interesting shots!
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A picture is worth a thousand words, but only if the picture shares the story. The meaning is there, not in verbal or visual representation.
I’m enjoying the photos, however – ice crystals are easier to appreciate in the abstract.
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Delightful shots.
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Shear delight to see my friend.
Ice at its best.
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Hi, Friko again; I can’t access this week’s meme. Last week’s version keeps coming up.
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Breathtaking frost patterns, LadyFi – great photos!
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beautiful macros of this tiny world! 🙂
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What is so small and beautiful is often easily missed. Thanks for ensuring that we don’t miss a thing LadyFi.
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You see everything LadyFi, and create some amazing stories out of details we may miss.
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As pretty as it is, I’m liking my 70 degree weather.
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The details say it all if we pause to look closely enough. Superb captures and words and thoughts to match! Hope you have a great week!
Sylvia
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Nature and it’s tiniest details captured beautifully. Last shot is marvelous!
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Ice crystals and frost can create such beautiful art! Lovely!
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Ahhh as if they’re sprouting.
The snow has given them a new life.
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The bleak, stark, cold of winter is every bit as alive as the other seasons. Excellent detail, capturing the essence of cold.
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I like details. 🙂 Your shots seem a bit dreamy, that is nice.
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Your words and photographs are very poetic and beautiful.
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Love how the twigs look like prickly pears in the winter! You captured them wonderfully…I never looked at the “pilgrims” but will look next time I´m out….
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Such delicate photographs. Makes a lie out of the statement that the devil is in the details. The opposite of the devil maybe.
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Beautiful shapes, very nice pictures with the snow.
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Lovely pictures!!
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Well I love these details!
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Your tiny frosty twig pilgrims have something to teach us, Fi.
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beautiful captures.
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Who would have thought that these little twigs had so much to ‘say’? Lovely!
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Such beautiful macros!
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such beauty in the small details!
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Thanks for showing us the fantastic beauty of details. These are marvelous photos.
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Gorgeous photos! And the quote that started the post was lovely.
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What macros….what detail..beauty in the smallest of details..that is Mother Nature
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Wonderful quote and stunning, detailed photos! I’m very much into ‘details’ 🙂 Great post, Fiona!
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—The small details are usually the MOST beautiful & brilliant.
Lovely photos. X
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Terrific selective focus in these images!
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exquisite details, beautiful captions.
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Wonderful frosty shots.
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Refreshing winter!
Have a great week Lady Fi.
Regards.
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Supremely beautiful. Beautifully told. Thanks.
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“God is in the details” Indeed!!
lovely macros
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Your thoughts and pictures go so well together.
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Hi there – wonderful images – I really love detail like this.
Yes, March Flies and Horse Flies are more or less the same thing!
SM
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A cold but very beautiful world !
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So happy to see your snowy shots again!!!! woohoo
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The joys of quietly listening to the beauty we see around us. Nicely done.
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Lovely words and a fantastic photos, the icy details are beautiful. Thanks for sharing your lovely photo and world. Have a great day.
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You words were so fascinating and wonderful. Its true, indeed, that our nature has various emotions for us to see and enjoy and every detail in our life is worth enough to make us a peaceful and happy person.
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It looks beautiful. It looks cold. Now, there’s a contradiction!
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Happy Tuesday!
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So beautiful Lady Fi!
Love the details and words…
Greetings from Holland,
Anna :-))
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Beautiful captures of the hoar frost — Love!! 🙂
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Your words bring such life to your amazing photography!
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Excellent macros.
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Life’s simple pleasure of not taking nature for granted! Bronze twigs and crystal ice make good company!
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Enjoyed this so much. The frosty tendrils are so interesting!
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These images look very inviting to someone sitting here in 37C heat Lady Fi, enjoying a lot!
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Gorgeous details! The Siberian cold wave that’s hitting most of Europe is coming this way… Temperatures can drop to 0ºC here, but it’s such a dry weather that I don’t think I will see any snow.
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Glorious detail!
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absolutely stunning! love the frost texture!
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Beautiful macro photo’s
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Beautiful macro shots!
Have a great day :O)
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I love these narrow-focus shots, they bring out the beauty of the ice.
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Beauty is in the detail.
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The last photo is very beautiful. I will follow your sense of beauty.
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Beautiful Pics LadyFi
Hey, Just wanted to let you know The Dark Globe February Shoot Off! Photograph Competition has Officially Begun, For More Info Head Here http://thedarkglobe.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/the-2012-dark-globe-february-shoot-off-has-officially-begun/
DarkJade-
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· Your photos … always so delicate, evocative … I love them.
· hugs
CR & LMA
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Insight
in sight
incite!
Brilliant!
Warm Aloha from Waikiki
Comfort Spiral
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Hey LadyFi, did you try to Submit a Picture? Or maybe you just put your Comment in the Submission Box… I got your Comment “Can’t wait to see the entries!” in the Submissions Box, but No Photo?
You can let me know
DarkJade-
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you have such creative skills to photograph the ice needles (is this the name?)
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WOW!
These photos are gorgeous!
I love them!
I wish you a Happy Friday!
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