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