an extraordinary wintry WOW

Wolf Supermoon and Rime Frost

painting a feeling

From the second I pulled into the parking lot at Carburn Park this morning, I was wide-eyed with wonder seeing an extraordinary wintry WOW! The Full Wolf Moon, the first Supermoon of the year, was still high in the sky lighting up the rime frost that blanketed the entire Park.  In fact the rime frost blanketed the entire city.

No new snow fell. 

The fog froze over night and deposited frozen droplets on all surfaces.

That's what created the wintry white!

amazing archways were formed

fantastic frames were designed 

pretty pathways were created 

At this time of the morning, only a very few other people dared to venture out. 

They too were in awe of the beautiful views. 

A load of layers was necessary to stay comfortable with all the stopping that occurred.  

When I ventured further into the forest was when I saw a brown fluff of fur.  

This is one of four coyotes I saw.  It watched me for a minute then..... 

.....went about its business of searching for food.  

The next two coyotes I saw were dashing through the snow chasing each other.  They came out of no where too quickly, I was not able to capture photos of them.  This was the fourth one I saw.  It was walking towards me yet was still far down the trail.  I was able to use my full zoom to snap this shot.  Just after I did, it veered off into the bushes.  

A few more people were beginning to show up as were the deer. 

I believe the two that are behind are following their Mother!

This is a panorama I took after the deer crossed to the other side. 

The deer are those three darker spots in the centre.

Remember, that is not snow!

view along the Bow River 

Canada Geese and Mallards huddled together!

It was time to see what I could see down where the Carburn Bald Eagles hang out.  The pair were perched together high in the tree.  I believe they may have been watching the Magpies below on the edge of the river feasting on a kill.  I opted out of taking photographs of the Magpies. There was no nest building nor any other kind of activity while I watched the Bald Eagles which was for about fifteen minutes.  

a close up of the two Bald Eagles with a Crow or Raven at the left

a stare down

the Bald Eagle won

With all that wide-eyed wonder while at Carburn Park, I wanted to portray what that felt like. When I got home I put watercolour shades on paper, along with lots of salt and some white gouache, to come up with the painting at the first of this post. I didn't want to create a frigid freezing feeling because I did not feel that with the way I was dressed.  I felt the warm hearted touch that comes from the wonders created by Mother Nature!  That's what I feel when I look at my watercolour painting!