Showing posts with label frost. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frost. Show all posts

Jan 21, 2015

1.11.15

it's been unusually misty for the past few days.  the mist in the air coupled with the freezing temperatures is coating everything in ice.  it is so beautiful - everything looks frosted.  it's icy, slippery and freezing cold but zephyr and i have been hiking as much as possible, trying to enjoy the beauty while it lasts.

1.9.15

Feb 25, 2013

2.23.13

2.22.13

abmigration location

"....it's cold here; very, very cold and my years as a fair weather, long distance migrant have thinned my skin.  all the adaptation to sub-freezing temperatures has been beached out of me.  i. am. freezing.  it's been snowing pretty much everyday since i got here and i have spent most of my time inside.  the snow is beautiful.  but it's vicious.
this home is not the obvious choice for me; not warm, not exotic, not fraught with adventure, not unique in form or design.  it's comfortable and cozy and sparsely decorated.  it is a stopping point.  a mountain nest on a trans-global migration map.  true we're here in the wrong season and my feathers are ruffled.  there is in fact only one thing that could draw me back up to this altitude at this time of year.  love.  it's his nest by necessity and therefore mine by choice...."