What a joy it’s been sharing with you the beauty and talent of three friends with a gift for capturing the majesty of the world around them. Welcome to January Reflections!
Nicole McClung lives beside a lake in Wisconsin and photographs the amazing grandeur of nature all around her.
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“[W]hat a severe yet master artist old Winter is…. No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel.”
~John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866
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 “We feel cold, but we don’t mind it, because we will not come to harm. And if we wrapped up against the cold, we wouldn’t feel other things, like the bright tingle of the stars, or the music of the Aurora, or best of all the silky feeling of moonlight on our skin. It’s worth being cold for that.”
~Philip Pullman, Northern Lights
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“There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you ….. In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself.”
–Â Ruth Stout
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I’m jealous – living beside a lake is a dream and the pictures are truly amazing. Such a nice view to wake up to every single day…
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Isn’t it beautiful! My friend allowed me to use her photos. Such an amazing place to live! Thanks for visiting!
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