The Winter Garden

As the days get shorter and the air gets colder, we sometimes long to relax in front of a warm fire and curl up with a good book and a great cup of coffee. All the flowers are dead, the grass is brown, the leaves have all fallen off the trees, and it’s cold outside!! As a photographer who focuses on gardens and landscapes, I tend to see it differently. The dried flowers and seed pods provide excellent opportunities for some great macro photography, the blue skies and golden browns and yellows of the grasses provide dramatic contrast for wide angle landscape shots, the bare trees allow us to really see their structure without all the leaves, and lastly, the brisk fresh air is invigorating and refreshing as long as you’re dressed properly!

Each season brings something new and exciting to the garden. I always thought I preferred the springtime, when everything starts coming back to life. If asked, I probably would still say that spring is my favorite time of the year, but I’ve really come to appreciate all the other seasons in the garden as well. Summer brings butterflies and lush flowers of every shape and color, the fall brings amazing foliage and colors that gradually transition to the winter before going into the deep winter with snow and ice. I think that will be the topic of my next blog post. I have some experimenting I’d like to do with snowflakes and ice bubbles - stay tuned!!