Ikebana is the Japanese art of arranging natural plant materials to create beauty. Here is a sparse winter arrangement the millpond created all by itself with the help of the wind to drift the snow in interesting ways and the sun to selectively melt a shallow dish in which to display it. Bubbles frozen beneath the surface add a subtle footnote. This was photographed in the fading blue and rose light of a cloudless day.
[...] than a month ago, I posted an image of this arrangement. It’s still intact after several storms. There’s more snow now, more drifting, and [...]