A gray, drizzly walk in Rock Creek Park ended up being a photographer’s delight.
Last Saturday’s freezing rain kept me from my usual walk, so I was determined to get out on Sunday. My determination was rewarded.
First I was absorbed by the bare tree limbs reaching into a sky textured by colliding grays.
Then I came upon a collage of moss, a nut, and twigs.
Even the puddles left behind by Saturday’s rain seemed transformed. This was in the parking lot by the Rock Creek Park Nature Center.
The bark on trees caught my eye. I am drawn to the abstract patterns of nature.
The best was when a fog settled in. It softened the landscape, and I snapped away.
And as I headed home, my camera captured the ripples in Soapstone Creek as water dripped from a tree.
Past walks in Rock Creek and Soapstone Parks
See the parks on a sunnier but snowier day almost a year ago. These mushrooms mugged for Marlene’s camera in summer 2015.
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David Jonas Bardin says
Beautiful! Thank you.
Reed Fendrick says
Marlene, You are really good at capturing the essence of the season and moment. Congrats.
Victoria Cordova says
/thanks for sharing the beauty of Nature with us, Marlene:; it seems to me that I was raking the last of the leaves in my garden that day–I would have much rather been with you instead!
Mary Beth Ray says
Gorgeous photos and poetic commentary. We are so blessed to have the beauty of Rock Creek Park in our backyard! Thank you Marlene for finding and sharing the beauty and serenity of what most would have written off as a day of miserable weather.
Margery Elfin says
The photos are magnificent, but I also love your words e.g “colliding grays”.
Comforting and soothing at a difficult time for many.