tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post712739037583207313..comments2023-10-24T09:29:32.492-04:00Comments on the golden fish: some treesstevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-76483570423227922632010-01-09T16:52:46.696-05:002010-01-09T16:52:46.696-05:00these are lovely trees, the skeleton branches agai...these are lovely trees, the skeleton branches against the muted skies make a lovely combination...Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-39950876578388729702010-01-07T22:35:09.114-05:002010-01-07T22:35:09.114-05:00hello elisabeth - it's a good thing you're...hello elisabeth - it's a good thing you're able to feel the cold of these images. you likely need a little cool off as i imagine the temps. over there are in the thirties by now?! thankyou for your kind comment. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-64440997595627648692010-01-07T22:14:51.810-05:002010-01-07T22:14:51.810-05:00Ah Winter. Even from here in the Australian heat,...Ah Winter. Even from here in the Australian heat, I can feel the cold through your photos. Stunning images of trees frost covered and bowed. Thank youElisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-43136107285867477432010-01-07T21:12:15.449-05:002010-01-07T21:12:15.449-05:00hello bt!!! i'm glad you appreciate the starkn...hello bt!!! i'm glad you appreciate the starkness. as i mentioned in another comment, the pictures were taken at speed giving them the softer appearance. have a lovely evening. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-66563089116797494552010-01-07T20:36:32.070-05:002010-01-07T20:36:32.070-05:00A beautiful post steven. I love the bare winter b...A beautiful post steven. I love the bare winter branches too and the stillness of the freshly fallen snow. I would hate to live without seasons. I wrote a poem about an oak tree - I must find it.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-40206911447464233212010-01-07T20:24:11.795-05:002010-01-07T20:24:11.795-05:00friko - it demands a sensitivity and a patience of...friko - it demands a sensitivity and a patience of the observer that's just not as necessary in the summer. i like that challenge and also the rewards!!! have a lovely evening. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-17372023102702625622010-01-07T20:23:24.697-05:002010-01-07T20:23:24.697-05:00ellen that's one of the best questions asked h...ellen that's one of the best questions asked here in some time. a really burning question. tell you what. i'll answer that as a post in its own right this weekend o.k.!!! have a lovely evening. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-49492754774113242452010-01-07T20:22:40.457-05:002010-01-07T20:22:40.457-05:00hey thanks abe. stevenhey thanks abe. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-73776212685780771502010-01-07T20:22:15.974-05:002010-01-07T20:22:15.974-05:00hello golden west, today was a milder day - minus ...hello golden west, today was a milder day - minus eight as compared to the minus teens or twenties and i started thinking about spring. it's months away but there's no harm in thinking!!!!! have a lovely evening. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-72484300155783446262010-01-07T20:21:15.117-05:002010-01-07T20:21:15.117-05:00awww thanks barry!!! have a peaceful evening. ...awww thanks barry!!! have a peaceful evening. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-71131360941196043312010-01-07T20:20:45.004-05:002010-01-07T20:20:45.004-05:00hi jenny stevning! all but one of these photograp...hi jenny stevning! all but one of these photographs were taken from a car. i love the softening that takes place when the images blur past. especially in a winter landscape where the contrasts are sometimes so sharp. i love that poem also!!!! "merely being there means something . . . " indeed! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-81404931429687835292010-01-07T20:18:43.186-05:002010-01-07T20:18:43.186-05:00thankyou bonnie!!!! steventhankyou bonnie!!!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-85826082653114867522010-01-07T10:39:41.272-05:002010-01-07T10:39:41.272-05:00I don't know why it is that we are all so fasc...I don't know why it is that we are all so fascinated by winter landscapes and trees and skies. There is something primordial about their spare beauty when compared with the blowsiness of summer.<br />I cannot get enough.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-79809316325333907572010-01-07T09:57:46.105-05:002010-01-07T09:57:46.105-05:00Really lovely as always. Are you ever anything bu...Really lovely as always. Are you ever anything but serene?ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-85331891069064044702010-01-07T09:05:13.824-05:002010-01-07T09:05:13.824-05:00A glimpse of the past. Neat photos.A glimpse of the past. Neat photos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-3650189460719625512010-01-07T08:51:14.197-05:002010-01-07T08:51:14.197-05:00There's a lot of beauty in the stark simplicit...There's a lot of beauty in the stark simplicity of your photographs, Steven. Your trees are the sentinels of spring, standing watch over a silent world.Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-63944538655160792792010-01-07T08:09:22.393-05:002010-01-07T08:09:22.393-05:00Like Jenny I was struck by that same line and by t...Like Jenny I was struck by that same line and by that wonderful last photo.<br /><br />Well done Steven.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824632356834631279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-5247782249982239562010-01-07T07:32:35.142-05:002010-01-07T07:32:35.142-05:00Beautiful! You've done it again!
Oh, and thos...Beautiful! You've done it again!<br />Oh, and those photos! I LOVE THEM!<br />For me, I see a pattern lately with your photos. My eye scrolls down them...I love them all...but the last photo seems to always take my breath away.<br />This line kills me: <br />...you and I are<br />suddenly what the trees try<br />to tell us we are:<br />that their merely being there<br />means something...<br />Thank you, Steven!Jenny Stevninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08019351898496801498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-86246483270215507542010-01-07T06:59:36.623-05:002010-01-07T06:59:36.623-05:00another perfect pairing, steven.another perfect pairing, steven.Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-3898827925444511262010-01-07T06:51:12.061-05:002010-01-07T06:51:12.061-05:00thankyou very much coastcard!!!! have a lovely day...thankyou very much coastcard!!!! have a lovely day. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-84064467528818135132010-01-07T06:50:43.297-05:002010-01-07T06:50:43.297-05:00joanna - this has been a fairly "easy" w...joanna - this has been a fairly "easy" winter so far for the eastern woodlands people. very little snow compared to other years. cold as a cat's curse but tolerable. quiet. yes there's been lots of soft quiet times. have a lovely mexican day. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-35053860838542434062010-01-07T05:14:08.515-05:002010-01-07T05:14:08.515-05:00Great juxtaposition of word and image, Steven. You...Great juxtaposition of word and image, Steven. Your first and last photos are particularly evocative and atmospheric!Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-90525835090884194552010-01-07T01:20:04.102-05:002010-01-07T01:20:04.102-05:00Lovely poem Steven, but even better are those stun...Lovely poem Steven, but even better are those stunning photos. They are so beautiful. I wish I could just fly over and experience that soft deep quiet beauty for a little while.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449827163911239893noreply@blogger.com