Sea smoke
I think the worst is over. The chickens survived the night in their coop. The wind was howling all night. Temperatures dropped to -15. We woke up to no water, but Sam solved the problem quickly. A drafty area in the utility room allowed cold air to blow over a pipe. A piece of cardboard to block the draft, and a little use of the heat gun solved the problem. The house stayed pretty warm with the woodstove, although it took some time to get it comfortable this morning.
After taking care of the water and heating, we braved the cold to take a short drive around the area so we could observe sea smoke. Yes, it’s cold. We couldn’t stay at the observation area at Tidal Falls for more than a few minutes before our faces started to hurt. And taking a photo was very hard on the hands. But – so beautiful. A flock of ducks took off from the surface of the water just before I took this photo.
Then we drove to a few other spots to look at the sea. Then home to warm up and eat breakfast.
Wow! I’ve never seen/heard of sea smoke until now. Thank you for this gift. That little orb over the trees in the second photo…so curious. These images are so glistening and beautiful!
May the rest of your day be warm 🙂
I’ve noticed that little orb before – it seems to be from the sun reflecting in the lens.
I too have never heard of sea smoke but your photos are stuinning especially when viewed from the warmth of my home…I lived near the Cascade Mountains in WA where from October through April we got lots of snow. As a native Californian who had barely seen snow, at first it was magical to live in snow country but I soon got over that notion as we shoveled out our driveway every day!
Re sea smoke: when our twin daughters were around 3 yrs old, we took them for a weekend trip way up to Fr. Bragg in northern CA, along the Mendocino coast. This area was known for its glass beach. We lived in Sacramento at the time. The girls saw fog for the first time and they called it cloud smoke.
I love fog in all its forms. Something about its ability to transform the landscape, make it mysterious.
cold can, indeed, be beautiful…
Beautiful and oh so powerful.
sea smoke is new to me as well … so glad you two got out early to catch such wondrous photos … and I love the bootprints on ice in the first image … likewise the lone pine in the last image …
I’m glad we did it. I could barely see to take the photos, I was so bundled up. So I’m enjoying looking at them. Much warmer today, almost 40.