Daily Photo – Winter In The Strath Taieri

There are few things quite like a winter drive through the Strath Taieri. On this particular day, the landscape had been given a fresh dusting of snow, turning the wide-open paddocks into a patchwork of white, with the hills disappearing into the mist beyond.

I stopped, as I am inclined to do when faced with a view that looks as though it has been waiting patiently for someone to take its photograph, and found this solitary tree standing in the middle of it all. It seemed rather pleased with itself, quietly carrying on while the weather did its best to make the rest of the world disappear.