Winter Wonderland

The weather outside has been rather nice the last few days, so we went for a walk on Christmas to survey the winter wonderland. Even though the warmer temperatures have dispensed with some of the 26 inches of snow we had last week, the little wetland near my house was still beautiful. Everything was quiet and still.


Having lived all of my adult life in northern states beginning with the letter M (Maine, Michigan, and Massachusetts), I've always been fond of the snow-shrouded landscape. I bought this excellent book, A Guide to Nature in Winter, by Donald Stokes back when I was a student at the University of Maine. I spent many a winter afternoon cross-country skiing behind campus, then reading the book afterward to learn more about the things I saw on the trail. I pull it out and look at it nearly every year at this time.



I also spent some time at the studio this week. I'm working on a special project for someone out there in blogland. Stay tuned for more as it develops ...