Feb 012014
I set out mid-morning today under cloudy skies, the temperature already over the freezing line and headed into the 50s. I was in search of what vestiges of snow I might find, knowing that this could be the last day in 2014 when a snowy photograph would be possible. I made a few discoveries, including a previously unknown patch of lichens (Cladonia leporina) which will almost certainly appear in this blog within the next few days. Meanwhile, I offer one parting photograph with snow, a roadside still life with a still-green water oak leaf and dried grasses. Tomorrow this same spot will turn into a fairly nondescript patch of winter weeds, but while the snow lingers, I find the image beautiful.
