Winter
Thoreau believed that winter promotes an inward life. Standing on the banks of a frozen river, he imagined the human brain as “the kernel which winter itself matures.” As winter winds clear leaves from branches, the ordeal of winter clears the mind’s clutter. “The winter,” Thoreau wrote, “is thrown to us like a bone to a famished dog, and we are expected to get the marrow out of it.”
Mt. Diablo viewed from Round Valley Regional Preserve.
Frost on windowpane.
Fog and frost at sunrise in Murphy Meadow, Round Valley.
Monterey pine cone cluster, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel.
California buckeyes at sunset, Round Valley.
Wind-whipped ice razors stream from buckbrush on Summit Trail, Mt. Diablo State Park.
Mt. Diablo viewed from Marsh Creek Reservoir.
Fog droplet on Coulter pine needle, Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve.
Above the fog at Round Valley.
Deer Lake, Royal Gorge.
The Summit, Mt. Diablo.
Rime frost on windowpane.
California buckeye, Round Valley.
Buckeye seed along Deer Flat Trail, Mt. Diablo.
Mt. Diablo’s North Peak viewed from Highland Ridge, Morgan Territory.
Mirkwood Forest, Royal Gorge.
Sand Hill Cove, Point Lobos.
A revenant California buckeye in February, Round Valley.
Devil’s Peak, Royal Gorge.
The view west at dusk from Eagle Peak, Mt. Diablo.
Cypress Cove, Pt. Lobos.
Mt. Diablo viewed from Round Valley.