A silver dawn in the Ottawa Valley

I woke to a brilliant Mars in a clear deep blue sky. Predawn drew me outside to watch a silver sun rise. A perfect, snappy winter morning in the Ottawa Valley.

As the sun appeared above the horizon, clouds moved in to reflect the light, creating molten silver.

Our old gnarled oak tree framed the silver rays as the sun rose higher…….

along with the crab apple tree.

Snow lies everywhere, the day so cold the snowflakes are individually frozen to the post as natural diamonds.