Winter

Rather fun collecting little bits of dried up stuff from the ground

and my son's yard and photographing them

against an old cookie tray.

Some leaves are stubbornly hanging on to the trees.

Near Union Square Christmas lights entwine with last leaves.

A portrait of an apple

and a lemon too.

Near 10th Avenue/ShadowShot

For lots of cool shadowshots go to Heyharriet here.

As I was walking down 23rd Street between 10th and

 11th Avenues, I came upon these nice quiet stones.

Noon. Saturday.

Landscapes Rajasthan/India

 

Rajasthan is north and west of Delhi. We drove over two thousand miles in fifteen days.  I only regret that I did not have more time to ponder the landscape.

 

Dusk at Ranakpur. 

A farmhouse on the hillside.

One tree hill.

The man with the orange turban.

In a garden at Udaipur - what a difference water makes.

A park at the mosque in Delhi.

Sunset in Mandawa.

Looking up into the mango tree in Ranakpur.

The lake at Jaiselmer.

Fascinating though the landscape is, the people are even more so.

England

To me, England is about landscape. On the whole a very gentle one with mists and subtle interplay of light and shadow.
It is about trees and clouds and grass.



All these pictures were taken within a span of three days and all pretty much of the same place - looking out from the garden towards the cow field and beyond that to the fields where hay had been baled, and one field where maize was still growing.



The topiaried trees show a hint of French influence and remain architectural even in winter.



Mist forms in the hollows of the land and above streams and burns off during the day.



In the morning it's mysterious, shrouding the earth.