The photo was shot around Memorial Day weekend in June 2006
in the mountains near Reno, Nevada, probably in the Carson City vicinity. I
couldn't help but to be drawn to the unique, one of a kind and only for a
limited time, snow sculpture created by, in my opinion, the greatest artist of
all time, Mother Nature. I felt fortunate to capture this fleeting piece of
Mother Nature's creativity since, it most likely would have been gone forever
by the next day or the day after.
The other thing that struck me was the stark contrast of the
fresh. rapidly growing, spring reincarnation of the grass and other flora in
the area around this snow sculpture. It's always a special time for me as the
grass, trees and flowers all are reborn after a winter hibernation.
Of course, this rebirth happens at different times depending
on where on the Earth you happen to be. Where I am currently located, it's late
April and all the grasses are a deep, lush green and the trees are alive with
the light green of the early growth of leaves and the pastel rainbow of pink,
lilac, red, white and other color blossoms. I guess my one great, ongoing wish
is to always see one more spring.
Other places in the world won't experience the rebirth for
another month or two, at least. And, of course, in one lives in the southern
hemisphere, the end is passing as the resplendent autumn colors signal the
beginning of another period of hibernation.
One side note that I want to make is that this is the 104th
Photo-of-the-Week post on the blog. That's two full years of photo posting
without missing a week. And, at this juncture, there is no end in sight.
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