As summer winds to an end and autumn patiently waits next in line, we begin to have shorter days and darker nights. Stars are bright with chillier evenings, and crickets chirp in meadows of fireweed and grass gone to seed.
Let me know which photo (or if you simply can’t pick one, photos) is your favourite through the comments or by reaching out on my contact page! Votes will be accepted until August 31st.
15 thoughts on “Vote for September’s Photo of the Month”
#2 please! I love the highlighted glaciers in this monochrome photo. Stunning!!
Hard to pick one as each reflects a different feeling. I do like the raindrops for a host of reasons. For example, seeing the droplets on the spider web which goes with my protection of the webs around our home — food for the spiders and keeping the insects out of our home. It’s promising to see a large glacier. The depth of the greens in several photos strikes me, too.
BTW, just around sunset, I saw a very fast black and slender snake scoot into the bushes near the river. Any idea what this is?
Thanks for voting, Uncle Paul! As for the snake, I’m not sure what it could be. Perhaps a night snake, but they’re not quite black. Let me know if you find out what it was (:
Well the geology shown in #2 is going to sway my choice. Although Uncle Paul finds the picture of the Columbia Icefields “promising”, this glacier, as others worldwide, are disappearing. Tennant and Menounos (2013) examined changes in the Columbia Icefield 1919-2009 and found a mean retreat of 1150 m and mean thinning of 49 m.
Thanks for voting! It was fun to admire these icy giants with you on our drive. And I hope they stick around for at least a few more generations, to show how amazingly awe-inspiring they are.
It was hard to narrow it down to these, but I love 1, 3 and 7. Something about the raindrops in the photos is appealing and almost soothing to look at. Beautiful work Hazel <3
The photo of the glacier gets my vote. There is movement in that big sheet of ice, seemingly pouring down the side of the mountain into the valley below. And for some reason the starkness is beautiful to me.
The glaciers may be disappearing now, but it’s part of Earth’s natural cycles. We currently worry about warming, but the Earth will be a ball of ice once again some day in the future. Enjoy the beauty that’s around you now; its impermanence makes it that much more impressive.
#2 please! I love the highlighted glaciers in this monochrome photo. Stunning!!
Thanks for voting! And thanks for your comment <3
Hard to pick one as each reflects a different feeling. I do like the raindrops for a host of reasons. For example, seeing the droplets on the spider web which goes with my protection of the webs around our home — food for the spiders and keeping the insects out of our home. It’s promising to see a large glacier. The depth of the greens in several photos strikes me, too.
BTW, just around sunset, I saw a very fast black and slender snake scoot into the bushes near the river. Any idea what this is?
Thanks for voting, Uncle Paul! As for the snake, I’m not sure what it could be. Perhaps a night snake, but they’re not quite black. Let me know if you find out what it was (:
Hi Hazel,
My favourite photo is the dragonfly 😁
Thank you for voting, Nancy! <3
Well the geology shown in #2 is going to sway my choice. Although Uncle Paul finds the picture of the Columbia Icefields “promising”, this glacier, as others worldwide, are disappearing. Tennant and Menounos (2013) examined changes in the Columbia Icefield 1919-2009 and found a mean retreat of 1150 m and mean thinning of 49 m.
Thanks for voting! It was fun to admire these icy giants with you on our drive. And I hope they stick around for at least a few more generations, to show how amazingly awe-inspiring they are.
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Thanks for this, Les :)
It was hard to narrow it down to these, but I love 1, 3 and 7. Something about the raindrops in the photos is appealing and almost soothing to look at. Beautiful work Hazel <3
Your votes are accounted for – thank you!
The photo of the glacier gets my vote. There is movement in that big sheet of ice, seemingly pouring down the side of the mountain into the valley below. And for some reason the starkness is beautiful to me.
The glaciers may be disappearing now, but it’s part of Earth’s natural cycles. We currently worry about warming, but the Earth will be a ball of ice once again some day in the future. Enjoy the beauty that’s around you now; its impermanence makes it that much more impressive.
Thank you for your comment, I appreciate your words. And thanks for voting :)