the unexpected

two days ago i visited a cove i had not seen in a while.  ice filled the inlet from the shore to the island.  a perfect blip.  i published a detail of yellow buoy frozen in the ice 3.10.15 and tucked the broad view away for another day.

yesterday i returned to the cove.  the fog was lovely, but the tide was low.  the island stood high above the dark rocks covered with broken ice. i realized it needed to be higher tide for this photo.

today was not a day for leisurely blipping.  too much was happening trying to get out of town tomorrow.  but i had a plan.  it was sunny.  high tide was mid afternoon.  the cove would be beautiful.  i knew the shot.  i drove down to find that my shot was no longer there.  what?  the ice had gone out.  overnight.  instead, the cove was bright and blue.  it could have been a summer day except for the bracing wind and the snow still lingering on the shoreline.  thinking i might have been confused, i searched for the icebound yellow mooring i had blipped two days before.  there it was bobbing cheerfully in plenty of free water halfway between the island and the right shore.  

i was disappointed.  i had wanted this icebound harbor scene to add to my winter 2015 shots.  but when the ice goes out in not my call to make.  today was about seeing a picture bigger than my own.