November can be cold, gray and trying for many. Personally I love seeing the changes coming as we move headlong into winter. And in less than a month—already—the days will…
Some changes in life are predictable. The return to cold weather is one I always look forward to—for many reasons: a much simplified landscape, seeing the “bones” of trees, the…
The mountainsides are mostly bare of leaves. The hills much more “quiet” than a week ago. It is astonishing how fast it happens, when it does, leaving me in awe…
The leaves are mostly down now, after a long night of heavy rain. The past few weeks of fall foliage here in Vermont have been glorious. Still to come are…
Some years the foliage is just not as dramatically colorful as others (not the case this year!), and some years the water is too low or too high, and the…
A gift of three in purple this morning. A wonder-full way to start this day.
Coffee on the front porch in the sun with a couple Morning Glory vines twining up between me and the rising sun. I love the simple shapes and relationships between…
The weather yesterday would have had a forecaster jumping around, switching hats and re-writing the script at least a hundred times: cold, warm, rain, sun…everything but snow flurries and, importantly,…
What a delight it has been to just watch the tulips over the past cool week, from a frosty night (top left) to a warmer morning (top right). Watching them…
Lately I’ve been experiencing more and more disruption of what I’ve long considered “normal” time. I know I’m not alone as many I know are finding similar recently. Some days…
Still Learning To See 