Saturday, February 27, 2021

Frozen miracles at our feet

Blink or you'll miss it
London, ON
February 2021
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Calli the Wonderschnauzer discovered another icy miracle under her nose during yesterday’s first walk around the neighborhood.

She’s become rather adept at finding lovely things to shoot, though I suspect she’s less interested in the photography than she is in the possibility that one of her puppy-frenemies had marked that very spot on an earlier walk. Dogs are weird in so many ways.

Still, I would have missed the moment if not for her. Because by evening, a warming sun had melted this frozen masterpiece into a mere memory, the only remaining clue a shrivelling damp spot on the gritty concrete.

The days are indeed getting warmer, and I wonder if we’ve seen the last of these ice portraits for now. I admit I’ll miss them, not so much because they’re lovely to look at - they are - but because they offered up moments of wonder when I needed them most.

Looks like Calli will simply have to use her nose to find new ground-level miracles in the months to come. Such a good girl.

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