Snow, April 1st
____________________ A close-up of a yew branch. __________________________ New life emerging below the bushes.
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March Meandering
Bits of snow linger in tucked-away places, as in this large, mossy tree stump. (Click to enlarge it.) The sky today was an astonishing blue color. After an especially intense week I needed to get out for a walk this afternoon, even though I had told myself I would work on taxes today. It was [...]
Fire and Ice
First there was the snowstorm. Then the ice storm. Now more snow is predicted tonight. Today, with the rare sunshine, my new camera and I walked around the property. It is a beautiful, enchanted landscape, but the trees and bushes are bowed under the weight of it. The weather makes me think of Fire and [...]
The White Stuff
Deep snow always reminds me of growing up in the North Country, near the Canadian border. Warm feelings for cold white stuff! This morning, the view from the front porch looked like this: Looking out my mother’s window I spied this blue jay with feathers all puffed up, taking shelter in the rhododendron bush from [...]
The first snow
To segue from the Halloween posts, here are the pumpkins on the compost heap, surrounded by a dusting of our first snow of the season. We enjoyed a cozy cuppa in Ralph’s Café, with fat flakes filling the air outside the window. And so it begins. Given today’s weather, it’s odd to think that just [...]
