Here are photographs from five different trips out to Nine Mile Prairie during December of 2014. This year December has been gray and damp with lots of foggy mornings. I’ve visited all the draws and found all the springs are running after some big rains this fall.
Foggy Morning 2
Foggy Morning 4 – Sunflower Heads
Foggy Morning 5 – Sunflower Heads Wide
Foggy Morning 6 – Sumac Stand
Foggy Morning 7
Ice in the Draw 1
Ice in the Draw 2
Ice in the Draw 3 – Bubbles WS
Ice in the Draw 6 – Long Lead Opening
Ice in the Draw 8 – Framed
Ice in the Draw 10
Ice in the Draw 11 – Hole
Ice in the Draw 12 – Horizontal Lead
Ice in the Draw 13
Ice in the Draw 14 – Diagonal Lead
Ice in the Draw 15
Ice in the Draw 17 – Patterns of Crystals
Ice in the Draw 18 – Patterns of Crystals
Sunday Morning Fog 1
Sunday Morning Fog 2 Deep Grass
Sunday Morning Fog 4 From in the Little Draw
Sunday Morning Fog 6
Sunday Morning Fog 8
Sunday Morning Fog 9
Sunday Morning Fog 13 – Edge of the West Draw
Sunday Morning Fog 14 – The Path
Sunday Morning Fog 15 – Freshly Toppled Tree
Sunday Morning Fog 16
Sunday Morning Fog 17
Sunday Morning Fog 19 – Swoop Tree
Water in the West Draw Once Again 7
Water in the West Draw Once Again 8 – Ice
Water in the West Draw Once Again 9 – Down Tree
Water in the West Draw Once Again 10
Water in the West Draw Once Again 11 – Little Milkweed
West Draw 13
West Draw 14
West Draw 15
West Draw 16
West Draw 17
Last Spring’s Nest…
Plain Gray Day
Black Shrubs Against Gray Sky
The Grove in the First Draw from Above
Ground Truth 1
Ground Truth 2
Ground Truth 3
Ground Truth 4
Ground Truth 5
Ground Truth 6
Grass with Spiky Tops
Star Seeds
Coyote Turds
At the Five Sisters 1
At the Five Sisters 2
Hanging Cottonwood Leaves
Standing Water in the Big South Draw
Standing Water in the Big South Draw
Water Flowing From Above the Seep
Water Flowing From Above the Seep MS 1
Water Flowing From Above the Seep CU 2
The Marsh – Big South Draw
Little Bits of Ice – Big South Draw
The Run Through the Vines – Big South Draw
The Run – Big South Draw
The Run Past a Tortured Tree – Big South Draw
Backlit Grass Through Some Trees – Big South Draw
The Run with Down Tree – Big South Draw
At Grandmother Cottonwood – Big South Draw
The Ice at Grandmother Cottonwood – MS
A Winter’s Day
Bare Branches at the East Fence Line
Glacial Erratic on a Gray Morning
The Big Pond Is Filling Up
Red-brown Grass of Winter
Standing Out in Stark Contrast
Trees Against the Sky
The Pond Floor at the Mouth of Little Spike Draw
The Mouth of Little Spike Draw
First Water in the Little Spike Draw
Hollow Limb in the Water WS
Buck Rub and Stream Flow in the Little Spike Draw
At the Barb Wire Rolls in the Little Spike Draw
At the Head of a Seep in the Little Spike Draw
At the Head of the Little Spike Draw
The Origin Point of the Little Spike Draw 1
The Origin Point of the Little Spike Draw 2
Last Look Today
West Fletcher Avenue Entry Point
The Ammo Bunkers
Snow on Trees Wide
Sumac with Snow
Tracks and Turd on Down Tree with Snow
Down Cottonwood Stump in Snow – Mouth of the West Draw
Two New Down Trees in the West Draw 2
Fresh Fallen Giant 1
Fresh Fallen Giant 2
Fresh Fallen Giant 4
Root Ball of a Smaller Down Tree
West Draw Overlook
Up the West Draw Overlook 2
Up the West Draw Overlook 3
Looking Out – Edge of the West Draw
Water in the West Draw 3
Water in the West Draw 4
Critter Tracks in Snow at Water 2
Robert Motherwell Palette Wideshot
Flight of Geese
West Fletcher Avenue Cottonwood