Author Archives: Eliza Waters

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About Eliza Waters

Gardener, photographer, naturalist, writer

Sculpted

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Eliza Waters

Soft snow sculpted by the wind blankets chunks of river ice featured in a post here a few weeks ago. What a contrast!

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Snow Day Fun

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Eliza Waters

What do you do when it snows? Go sledding! My young neighbors (I think of them as my surrogate grandkids) joined us for an expedition to the top of our hill where there is a fine view and the open … Continue reading →

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Adaptation

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Eliza Waters

There are very few places on the planet where the temperature is ideal for human habitation all year long. Where is it 70-75 F degrees every day – Hawaii perhaps? For most of us, we have seasons where we must … Continue reading →

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Winter

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Eliza Waters

Yesterday we had another snowstorm that dumped a foot of snow upon us. Fortunately, we could stay home and watch it from our windows and didn’t have to drive anywhere. It was accompanied by a bitterly cold wind that made … Continue reading →

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Ice Fantastic

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Eliza Waters

Ice is the perfect Rorschach test. When I look at these photos of the waterfall ice, I see all sorts of things among the patterns of light and dark, clear and opaque. Do you see the Buddha in the cave? Or … Continue reading →

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Waterfall Ice

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Eliza Waters

Each winter, our waterfall becomes ice encrusted as soon as the temperatures fall below freezing. As the water continues to fall and freeze, amazing ice formations grow, which I find fascinating and beautiful. Every day brings a different configuration. Warmer weather or … Continue reading →

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River Ice

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Eliza Waters

Last Sunday’s rain storm raised the water level on the river by about six feet, breaking up the frozen ice into large chunks that were four to twelve inches thick. Flowing downstream in the flood, some of these icebergs stuck in an eddy … Continue reading →

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Eastern Wild Turkeys

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Eliza Waters

About two dozen Eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) strolled through the yard today scouring the ground for tidbits. Omnivorous, they especially favor acorns, other tree nuts, seeds, berries and insects. Although we’ve had freezing rain all day and the lighting was … Continue reading →

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Frozen Lace

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Eliza Waters

Lacy ice formations along the stream, fleeting and ephemeral, are abstract works of art.

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Painted Sky

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Eliza Waters

Painted like a giant watercolor, the sky is awash in orange and lavender. The clouds are varied, from misty fog bank to lightly scalloped eddies of wind-driven moisture. The tree silhouettes are the western edge of my yard, a scene … Continue reading →

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