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Duck in Snow Pond at Bolu Mountains , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . I remember Márton character at the famous work of Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, and also TV cartoon series, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, in original, Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige, 1906. Well, this is not Márton!... This is just a funny white duck at the half frozen pond at snowy Bolu Mountains near a motel. It lives with duck family. They can't fly away like Márton and geese because they are too heavy to fly. However they are well fed and protected... The same dilemma as Selma Lagerlöf described.

Winter at Bolu Mountains , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Winter ends, spring comes at snowy forests of Bolu Mountains at late winter.

The nature begins to change in Autumn, always in perfection. While quietly preparing to winter, the chirping of the spring, merry laughter of the birds, and sounds of streams full of enthusiasm are reduced gradually; leaving the place to the sound of the wind and rain, again. Green trees take on different colors according to their types in every fall. Each color has a thousand and one tones and shades. Millions of trees are preparing for winter in Seven Lakes region, in another poetry, in another autumn.

Snowy Forest at Bolu Mountains , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia .

Sunset at Snowy Lake Sünnet, Bolu , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Dusk after sunset at snowy Lake Sünnet near old Göynük town at Bolu Mountains at late winter.

Stream of melting snow at early spring at northern slopes of Bolu Mountains, Turkey.

Rain over Lake , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Snow melts in spring flowing from mountains in waterfalls into rivers to the lakes and seas... Taken at northern slopes of Bolu Mountains between Istanbul and Ankara. Rainy Kirmir Lake at Bolu Mountains between Istanbul and Ankara.

Ducks floating at the blue forest and lake in the fantasy world of reflections and silhouettes. Dusk at Lake Sünnet at Bolu Mountains near Göynük in a snowy winter day. No effect in this picture... Just upside down. Is what we called reality a reflection too?

Driving at Snowy Bolu Mountain Ways , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia .

Spring is coming. While it still snows at highlands, snow melts and pours in thousands of lakes and ponds... Ducks like ponds... These three white ducks enjoy the pleasure of synchronised swimming and dancing among the blurring reflections of pine trees in the snow lake Sünnet Gölü after sunset at Bolu, Göynük.

Winter at Lake Cubuk , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Winter reflections of mountains and pine forest on smooth surface of Lake Cubuk near old Göynük town at Bolu Mountains.

End of Winter at Smooth Lake Cubuk , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Winter ends, spring comes at Lake Cubuk near old Göynük town at Bolu Mountains at late winter. Mirror image reflections of snowy forest and abandoned windmills on the smooth lake surface.

Boats near Snowy Lake Cubuk , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Abandoned boats and raft in the forest and reflections on smooth Lake Cubuk near old Göynük town at Bolu Mountains at late winter.

Winter Village by the Snow Lake , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Winter Village by the snowy Lake Cubuk near Bolu, Göynük.

Snowdrop , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . A single pioneer snowdrop, galanthus nivalis at the warmth of a rock at northern slopes of Bolu Mountains between Istanbul and Ankara. Snowdrops are among the first bulbs to bloom in spring.

Praise for Life , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . A joyful bloom of crocus flowers seem like praising for the life after snow at the southern slopes of Bolu Mountains between Istanbul and Ankara.

Crocus Fields at Highlands , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Crocus fields and log cabin at Bolu Mountains between Istanbul and Ankara at spring.

Moonrise Behind Trees , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Moonrise behind branches of poplar trees at Kirmir Valley, Bolu Mountains, between Istanbul and Ankara.

Ducks at Snow Lake , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Ducks at snowy Lake Sünnet near Bolu, Göynük.

Karacasu Waterfalls , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Trekking down Karacasu Stream to the southern slopes of Bolu Mountains at Nallihan, between Ankara and Istanbul. It runs into Sariyar and Gökcekaya dams and then Sakarya River , known as Sangarius in ancient times and runs through ancient Phrygia , land of King Midas . Finally it flows into Black Sea.