Longer and longer, the winter sings -

"Measures of Ice and Snow Across Finland"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"...winter is nature's way of saying, 'up yours' ..."
- Robert Byrne

Snow blind -

"Struggling to Recall Last Summer"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... the young have aspirations that will never come to pass,
the old have reminiscences of what never happened ..."
- H.H. Munro

The horse knows the way -

"An Old Country House"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... over the river and through the wood,
trot fast my dapple gray ..."
- trad. Folk Song

Cold winds blowing -

"Let it Snow"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... oh the weather outside is frightful ..."
- Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne

Thursday Challenge: Golden -

"Golden"
photograph by Mick Mather
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"... a crown, golden in show,
is but a wreath of thorns ..."
- John Milton

Still goofing around -

"Fashionably Green"
$50 Unframed - LUCAS GALLERY
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

I'm still taking advantage of this long weekend to settle into the secret visual laboratory and play a little bit more. I've used a lot of that playtime pushing the limits of some of the filters that I don't use very often - although lately, the reverse has been true. Anyway, this is a photograph with no additional elements added beyond the various filtered and manipulated layers. In the end, this reminded me of a nature center where I used to walk about 3 days per week, including snowshoes during the winter months breaking trail through 2 or 3 feet of snow some mornings.