Stuff Livi Sees

Of course, I'd have to find a different metaphor if I lived on the Equator or in the Southern hemisphere.

A horseshoe crab shell that Brian found on our beach walk, and another jingle shell amid pebbles and other types of shells, surrounded by snow as it’s still winter.

Two photos of a common jingle shell amidst a sea of lady slipper limpet shells.

I took this photo on a whim upon seeing rows and rows of gnarled trees in the snow here. I wasn’t able to do it justice. Really, it deserves to be a huge panorama.

And a backlog wouldn’t be complete without a photo of Beedle, either! He’s our new friend and addition to the family.

Hammonasset just after the new year began. I get frustrated with the cold and quiet, but winter has its beauty aside from the snow.

Can’t post a 2020 backlog without homage to Piper. These photos were actually taken in November 2018, but they’re some of my favorites of her. She seems so relaxed, happy, and open. The eye contact in the middle photo makes it feel like she’s here even now, like she’s watching patiently, comfortably, just barely out of reach. It’s as if she understands everything that’s possible to understand and knows I will, too, if I just give it time.

For a long time, I was going to this cemetery for my daily dose of fresh air. It’s always a beautiful place.

For a while, I would step outside for just a few minutes each day, right outside our apartment door. These beautiful plants were growing there.

One of the last snapshots I took, excited about the coming spring, before Connecticut went into lockdown.

You’re welcome to stick around. I most certainly understand if you don’t want to (since you probably followed for photos only).

Went out chasing the sunset on a whim tonight. @stellar-echoes

This is where I’ve stopped to enjoy the weather before going home. It is really amazing, the sort of idyllic day folks dream about when they dream of spring or summer. It’s days like this when I sometimes think I can feel how everything falls into place.

I have to admit, I didn’t have the easiest time maintaining this project. By the end, I was consistently posting a little bit late. I’ve been very low on energy, and have always had a hard time motivating myself to get outside when it’s cold. But it did carry me through the winter! I would have liked to get a greater variety of life on camera; after all, almost every picture was of a plant or plant-related item, when in reality, there are lots of animals out during the winter, too. Still, it pushed me along and gave me proof that everything doesn’t just disappear for half a year.

Forsythia!

buds getting ready to open up!