Sometimes winter wants to rest
— Not in a burst of colours —
But in silken tones of pearl.
There is a subdued beauty
In the grey —
And, just as in life, the grey
Contains a promise of light and colour.
“It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.” — Bulwer-Lytton
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Grey but beautiful.
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I love the pun in the title and the wonderful pictures. My favorite line: But in silken tones of pearl. Nice.
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FABULOUS!
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What beautiful scenes these are.
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To my eyes, the photos are very beautiful! 🙂
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The reflections on the water make even a grey day shine with light, and you captured that phenomenon so beautifully!
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I like your wording “silken tones of pearl”. Beautiful photos of subdued colors where I can see more possibilities or promises when there are little choice. The second one looks like an Indian-ink painting.
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Oh your grey is still so much prettier than where I am at the moment..Beautiful capture!!
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Looks like real Winter grey and very cold.
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Nice luminosity to the shots! There are infinite shades of gray and if that were all we had we would soon discover them no matter how subtle.
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truly beautiful Fiona! truly…!
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Gray, but lovely and peaceful and that is what your wonderful pics have captured, Fiona! Thanks as always for sharing the beauty! Hope you’re enjoying a good week!
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Fiona, you have us both sitting here with our mouths ajar….just staring at these photos! Truly inspirational!
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Thanks – it really was a lovely morning sky.
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Nice are your sky photos!
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so beautiful … so soft and calming ….
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Your photos are always brilliant! I love it.Have a nice weekend.
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These are truly beautiful! They look like watercolor paintings.
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just softly beautiful.
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Hi Fiona, I am one who absolutely loves winter. I love the GRAYS and PEARLS of winter… Gorgeous set of photos.
Hugs,
Betsy
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I fell for grey in my mid- to late twenties. Before that it was all black or dark blue. I began to see the beauty in grey, too. Love your photos.
Greetings from London.
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the mist add a sense of peace
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Soft and lovely.
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Beautiful & peaceful photos 🙂
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Lovely peaceful and mysterious scenes.
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Gorgeous!
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Winter’s desolate appearance is beautiful to me, too! Wonderful examples here. 🙂
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oo yeah, pearl is a great descriptor…and i def agree there is beauty even in that…esp in your pictures…
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Exquisite and soft gray!
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oh how lovely and tranquil this is…so glad I clicked in from Jen’s place this morning. 🙂
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you write as beautifully as you photograph.
http://calrat.blogspot.com
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen gray look so beautiful. Your photos are stunning.
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There is definitely a beauty in the gray. Your photos are stunning!
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What a wonderful dreamlike landscape. I was waiting for the Lady of the Lake to hold aloft Excalibur.
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A soft beauty, and an elegance. Thank you.
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You’ve captured the beautiful essence of grey!
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I love this! Fantastic soft colors! The bridge makes a perfect contrast to the background!
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Ursnyggt!!
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a deep serenity in these moments shared Fi, thank you.
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You have the most remarkable colors! Soft pearl tones … even your gray days are beautiful indeed. PS: I hope Bulwer-Lytton is right in that quote — I feel much younger than my hair!
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Without this grey cloudy day, we wouldn’t know how to cherish beautiful blue sky.
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You do have a lovely way with words. Beautiful pearly skies and captures. Have a happy weekend!
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Exquisite! Pearl is a great color for describing these magical photos.
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Very lovely and sigh-evoking.
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Beautiful!!!
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Magical captures!
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The grey is perfect among I have seen before.
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Hi! Nice captures I feel a Wabisabi sense from your grey photos. Thanks for sharing.
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Very nice, almost monochrome. And I love the lemon frosting in your earlier post.
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What beautiful thoughts and the pictures, as spectacular as always!
My Yatra Diary…
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Still look wonderful and peaceful!
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Gorgeous photos! Love all the tones.
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lovely
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Beautiful… the fog adds a little mystery to the photos!
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Truly beautiful shots.
See you next year.
May the Holiday season bring you and your family many blessings.
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Stunning silvery grey and beautiful lines to describe it. My favourite lines “And, just as in life, the grey Contains a promise of light and colour” It’s very deep!
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Oh my … what a grey sky …
I’m not used to see grey skies at your place, but they are beautiful.
Thanks for sharing and enjoy your weekend.
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Gorgeous – the long view across the lake, uninterrupted by building, allows the subtle beauty of the colours to shine through.
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Grey and beautiful!
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Grey is the new beautiful! 🙂
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Wonderful view of the lake.
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Lovely captures.
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Simple and beautiful…wonderful captures.
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I can’t say as I blame winter for taking a break from her extravagantly colorful displays. It’s exhausting to be brilliant and dazzling every day! 🙂 It took me quite a long time to appreciate how restful grey is. No doubt I could have shortened that considerably had I known about your blog years ago. 🙂
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This was so beautiful it took my breath away and with it, my words. So I will just say Thank You for it.
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Beautifully grey! Great photos.
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These are beautiful photos!
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Those images look “pearlized”! Absolutely gorgeous!
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Such beautiful capture and your grey is so lovely though!
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Oh I need some sunshine on gray days like that. I have gray hair too…or grey..not light brown not blond bloody gray/grey…so it is not my favorite color. However you captured gray brilliantly! 🙂
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Wonderful pictures – even with a limited range of tones it’s still interesting.
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
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Your talent makes even a grey day look beautiful.
Jen
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«Louis», too, likes the pun in the title – and he likes that description “silken tones of pearl”. What a poetic line!
Check his blog again on Monday. He will have another building in the Victorian village of Ferndale for you to see.
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Wonderful photos!!
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Beautiful serie of photos!
Love it!
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Very subtle and very beautiful.
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Images that give calm!
Winter is the dream that the earth needs to wake up full of beauty.
I link to follow you here :))
good weekend
a kiss.
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Grey is GOOD! Even if it’s not RED … I’ll leave you to decide on my actual hair colour!!!!
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It captures the sense of the scene beautifully!
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You can make even grey look enchanting!
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You show perfect that also grey can be so beautiful! Amazing photos!
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Who says grey is dull? These are beautiful moody shots, Fi.
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Photos of magic. Very beautiful.
Your photos, as always, is of excellent quality.
Greetings. ♥ ♥ ♥
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lovely grey. 🙂
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Soft, and lonesome- very pretty!
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Gorgeous pearl toned images, and a perfect quote!
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gorgeous 🙂
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oh dans la première,on se demande si on va être au plus profond de nous et qu’on a peur de s’y noyer
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Wonderful view and mood, very nice morning mist series
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They’re like beautiful impressionist paintings.
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Love how you weave your words in with the images.
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It’s easy to feel down in the winter, but then when you see winter pictures like that you can’t help but kind of fall in love.
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wie Gemälde..wunderschön
LG vom katerchen
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I am one of those that have S.A.D.D.and unfortunately can’t see a lot of beauty in a grey dreary sky. But you always make everything so beautiful my friend.
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Such pretty scenes! Your photos of them are fantastic. It almost makes me want to there. Almost…
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a nice winter rest ingrey
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I love the description “silken tones of pearl”
The images are lovely pearls!
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Incredibly beautiful pictures!
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