Highlights of Winter’s Beauty in Holliston

Typically, I don’t think of a story as I find an image to capture through my camera lens. I see something and it makes my “trigger happy fingers” try to catch it forever within its frame – to revisit from time to time.

The hues of the setting sun made for a cold but rosy panorama.

Frozen in time. The aftereffects of the ice storm—the wonderful way Nature preserves. Our garden rose.

Parka People. Our first year here, and we were welcomed with over 2 feet of snow. The kids had to experience it, and I had to capture that moment in time.

Winter. Ice. Nature can be deadly and damaging. However, some sights it creates are so beautiful. Like this one of frozen berries as we went for a winter walk.

A walk into the unknown? Our very first walk on the rail trail after a heavy snowfall. The stark white on the branches – like icings in Nature.

Porch swing. One day soon this will be moving again—with people sitting and enjoying the outdoors. For now, white and light snow sits “frozen” and still.

Diamonds in the sky —through the looking glass.  The snowstorm and the freezing rain that followed left ice sparkling like diamonds on the branches. The sky was clear and blue – and the effect was magical… Glistening against the clear blue sky beyond…

Ice bells on Evergreen. The fight between the cold and the warming sun created this image. Each branch enveloped with an “icy hug”…slowly melting away.

A new day dawns. The forest and wetlands awakening after a snowstorm – there is brightness ahead.

There is so much beauty around us.  We tend to miss small things. So, stop. Look. Smile. Enjoy the moment. It is never the same—even in the very next moment.

Malini Rao

29 Comments

  1. Ellin Austin on February 18, 2022 at 5:33 am

    Lovely pictures! Thank you.

    • Malini Rao on February 18, 2022 at 1:11 pm

      So appreciate the comment Ellin.

  2. Shaw Lively on February 18, 2022 at 7:16 am

    I appreciate your ending thought

    • Malini Rao on February 18, 2022 at 1:11 pm

      It is what i deeply believe in. Enjoy!

      • Binu Philip on March 8, 2022 at 12:24 pm

        What captures.
        Unbelievably beautiful

  3. Lee DeSorgher on February 18, 2022 at 8:58 am

    Nice shots – you’ll look at them many times and remember the day

    • Malini Rao on February 18, 2022 at 1:12 pm

      VERY true!
      Photos are memories – frozen in pictures! 🙂

  4. Balraj Bhasin on February 18, 2022 at 1:26 pm

    Wow. Amazing captures and narration.

    • Malini Rao on February 19, 2022 at 8:05 am

      Thanks so much for your comments.

  5. Shamita Paul on February 18, 2022 at 1:28 pm

    “Frozen” by the winter shots. These pictures speak a thousand words. Unexplainably and freezingly beautiful

    • Malini Rao on February 19, 2022 at 8:06 am

      Thanks so much my dear.

  6. Gaurav Sharma on February 18, 2022 at 1:35 pm

    Ati Uttam.

    • Malini Rao on February 19, 2022 at 8:09 am

      Thanks Gaurav

  7. Pat Fuller on February 18, 2022 at 3:03 pm

    Welcome, Malini! What beautiful photographs and prose you offer. Thank you so much

    • Malini Rao on February 19, 2022 at 8:06 am

      Thanks so much Pat. Am so glad Nature is appreciated – glad and humbled to share.

  8. Meera Subramanian on February 18, 2022 at 5:07 pm

    Beautiful poetry in your pictures and commentary!

    • Malini Rao on February 19, 2022 at 8:07 am

      Thanks Meera. Glad you liked the photos. Memories captured stay.

  9. Shankar Seetharaman on February 18, 2022 at 7:01 pm

    Wonderful photography Malini! Enjoying each of them.

    • Malini Rao on February 19, 2022 at 8:08 am

      Thanks so much Shankar

  10. Raj Rana on February 19, 2022 at 1:34 am

    Pictures and write up, both are refreshing!

    • Malini Rao on February 19, 2022 at 8:31 am

      Thanks.. so much

      • Medina Rodericks on February 21, 2022 at 10:49 am

        Through your keen eye and magic lens you have captured such rare beauty,Malini….ever changing beauty that will never be the same again.
        Great narrative and pictures! I feel so proud of you,Malini !

        • Malini Rao on February 21, 2022 at 11:29 am

          You are so kind with your words Ma’am. So glad you enjoyed the photos

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