As I mentioned in my last post on the photo of the month, I love water droplets in my macro photography. Because of the slushy snows and frosts that come with a classic Canadian winter, our horse Dawson has been consistently soggy and coated in a powdery dusting of white. But the snow has no chance against his body heat, and instead his fur is slick and smooth, as if he uses hair gel to comb it down.
Many of these photos were taken last winter when I first noticed these tiny water droplets, and a few are from this year as well. I always enjoy capturing the dainty rows of pearlescent drops on the thick strands of Dawson’s fur – to me, it shows how such an incredibly powerful animal can house such delicate beauty.
You have exposed us to an Amazing micro world involving water, the very foundation and essence of Earthy expression. The subject of water has taken centre stage, worldwide, including our local community of Wynndel related to its dependence on the water resources of Duck Creek and the impending threat to water quality by road development and logging within the watershed. From the United Nations up coming Water Conference in March 2023 (https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/water2023), to Avatar 2, to the BC Government’s release “What We Heard” report related to the Watershed Security and Funding Discussion Paper (https://engage.gov.bc.ca/app/uploads/sites/121/2022/11/WatershedSecurityStrategy-FundDiscussionPaper_WWH.pdf), to Wildsight’s bid to protect watersheds (https://wildsight.ca/2023/01/10/bc-watersheds-at-risk/) within BC……..
I just became aware of the similarities of the major religions using water as a purification or baptism ceremony (http://www.thewaterpage.com/religion.htm) and the sweat lodge ceremonies of Indigenous people, likely conducted pre Christianity, where water is poured over hot rocks in a sweat lodge, to purify the participants. The history of Canada would be significantly different if the European missionaries participated in sweat lodge ceremonies before banning the ceremonies and forcing the Christian doctrine on the Indigenous peoples. Instead of residential schools to eradicate “savage” values there would have been culture to culture exchange and the building of true democratic Nation!
You have exposed us to an Amazing micro world involving water, the very foundation and essence of Earthy expression. The subject of water has taken centre stage, worldwide, including our local community of Wynndel related to its dependence on the water resources of Duck Creek and the impending threat to water quality by road development and logging within the watershed. From the United Nations up coming Water Conference in March 2023 (https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/water2023), to Avatar 2, to the BC Government’s release “What We Heard” report related to the Watershed Security and Funding Discussion Paper (https://engage.gov.bc.ca/app/uploads/sites/121/2022/11/WatershedSecurityStrategy-FundDiscussionPaper_WWH.pdf), to Wildsight’s bid to protect watersheds (https://wildsight.ca/2023/01/10/bc-watersheds-at-risk/) within BC……..
I just became aware of the similarities of the major religions using water as a purification or baptism ceremony (http://www.thewaterpage.com/religion.htm) and the sweat lodge ceremonies of Indigenous people, likely conducted pre Christianity, where water is poured over hot rocks in a sweat lodge, to purify the participants. The history of Canada would be significantly different if the European missionaries participated in sweat lodge ceremonies before banning the ceremonies and forcing the Christian doctrine on the Indigenous peoples. Instead of residential schools to eradicate “savage” values there would have been culture to culture exchange and the building of true democratic Nation!
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