Early Encounter With Blodeuwedd
Horned Owl
Lakewood Colorado
December 26, 2010
by Dawn NicDarrah

Snowflakes On Bed of Autumn's Past Flowers
Lakewood, Colorado
December 2010
by Dawn NicDarrah

Another image of intricate snowflakes from our morning of powdery snow

Goddess Bless

Goddess Bless ~ Triple Moon Grapevines
Neighborhood Gate in Colorado
December 24, 2010
by Dawn NicDarrah

Imagine my delight to find this grapevine decoration on a neighbors gate :-D I am motivated to create one for myself to hang on our front door!

Other Mid Winter Blossoms

Apricot Bonsai Blossom
December 24th, 2010
Our Kitchen, Colorado
by Dawn NicDarrah

After taking in our Holy Glastonbury Thorn Tree that seemed to be unhappy with the cold spell here in Colorado (it is doing much better BTW - even has blooms like it is supposed to at this time of year), we also took in a few of our smaller bonsai plants that we were afraid were too small to survive the winter. . . one of the apricots is responding like it is springtime in our kitchen window . . .

Winter Solstice Eclipse 2010

Winter Solstice Eclipse 2010
Red Rocks Amphitheater, Colorado
December 20 - 21, 2010
by Dawn NicDarrah

My family and I braved the cold (with layers and blankets ;-D) to observe the Winter Solstice Full Lunar Eclipse at the Red Rocks Amphitheater here in Colorado . . . I have one less than perfect photo of Ship Rock lit from below with artificial lights and the blurry lights of the constellation Orion just above it (which was just beneath the Full moon phasing into eclipse) . . . I am debating on sharing it too since Orion is my guiding constellation! Overall it was a wonderful evening . . . like the Leonid Meteor Storms (back in 2000 and 2001), it was a celestial celebration we didn't want to miss and enjoying it with family made it all the more pleasurable.

Snowflakes
December 17, 2010
Lakewood Colorado
by Dawn NicDarrah