As I have often written about here, I love winter and the ice and snow that come with the cold weather. Even on this the almost shortest day of the…
This time of year in Vermont we can have gorgeous, bright sunny days. Add to that a covering of snow and it is the perfect place to enjoy shadows, big…
I just never know what a day will bring. Snow clinging to the trees one day and the next much of it had melted and turned into ice clinging to…
Cold, yes, and windy, but I could not resist. Barr Hill in Greensboro. Just lovely.
I’ve had lots of practice this winter seeing what color snow is. What? I thought snow was just white! It certainly can be and often is bright white but it…
On February 9th each year, if the skies are clear, the planet has tilted enough that the sun briefly finds its way back in our kitchen window after a months’…
Though I do my best to see as much of this amazing world as possible, I know much of it goes unseen, every day. Even an hour in a gray,…
I love winter for being able to see the “bones” of trees—their branches and shapes. Trees similar to the two old fencerow Sugar Maples shown above, one clearly much…
I can’t resist sharing a few more of these remarkable images, made yesterday on a Delta flight from Detroit to Burlington at about 20,000 feet!
Regular readers know I love cold weather, especially the kind called “deep freeze.” Several weeks ago we had temperatures cold enough that the ice on the North Branch, and in…
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