cohanf, 6 months ago to nature

It won't surprise anyone that I'm late for #ArtAdventCalendar 😆 I had an unexpected day off work yesterday (back at it today!) so got some editing done. With the theme, I've edited a touch more than usual. I'm aiming to use a photo from each day as that day's image (no photos Dec 3, so doubled on the 4th!). Here are days 1-4 #WinterPictures #December #GetOutside #Landscape #garden #nature #Alberta #Canada #Frostodon #fog #commute #CountryLiving

Day 2 Winter sun across a couple of straw stubble fields separated by wire and post fences, the second one bordered by a thin line of variable height native poplars at the back. Sky is mostly blue with dark clouds approaching from left. White vignetting
Day 3 in the woods on farm, looking out between the dark ridged trunks of several balsam poplars, ground lightly covered with snow, dry leaves showing through. Beyond wetland with clumps of dried grass poking through snow, then an area of low red willows the sun hitting their tops and the mixed woods behind against a blue-grey sky. White vignetting
Several wiry spidery dry stems of Sea Thrift, most with dry seed heads, all reaching to the left across shadowed snow in afternoon gloom, Behind the central stems is a cinnabar coloured apple leaf stuck between stems and snow. Black vignetting.

cohanf, 9 months ago to nature

1/ When I mentioned rehoming the kitty who moved in here this summer, I talked about his safety- cats outdoors here don't live very long.
Another serious concern was for all the other little people- he was a very keen/ very effective hunter!
After he left (see posts from couple of days ago) it seemed like #GreatMother #Mara #EarthGoddess #BirdGoddess (all synonyms/facets of the same #nature principle) was sending me messages: remember all the other lives and : life is still here. more-replies-

Two small dark birds, one grey brown and one charcoal, both lighter underneath, are foraging for food in a mowed area of grass, dandelions etc. Shot taken from some distance and cropped, it is not super crisp, birds are small in the frame.