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  • January Musings…

    In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak mid-winter, long ago.~ Christina Rossetti, 1872 January. Is it still January?… Continue reading

    January Musings…
  • Block Island: History, Nature, and Beauty

    Circled by waters that never freeze, beaten by billow and swept by breeze, lieth the island of Manisees….~ John Greenleaf Whittier, from his poem Palatine. January has got to be the longest and dullest month to trudge through. The glitter… Continue reading

    Block Island: History, Nature, and Beauty
  • Dog Days of Winter

    January, the Monday of months…~F. Scott Fitzgerald Chasing sunshine in the midst of a gloomy January.Taking every day as it comes… Continue reading

    Dog Days of Winter
  • The Beauty of Frost: A Winter Reflection

    Cold indeed, and labor lost: Then farewell heat, and welcome frost.~ William Shakespeare Seeking peace. Noticing softness in a harsh season. Continue reading

    The Beauty of Frost: A Winter Reflection
  • The Magic of a Snowfall…

    I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.~ Sylvia Plath I have a love/hate relationship with winter – the darkness, the bleak pallor it casts over the landscape, the cold… Continue reading

    The Magic of a Snowfall…
  • December Snow

    Dust of Snow The way a crowShook down on meThe dust of snowFrom a hemlock tree Has given my heartA change of moodAnd saved some partOf a day I had rued.~ Robert Frost It finally snowed here in my little… Continue reading

    December Snow
  • December Musings…

    December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come.~Fennel Hudson There’s so much seasonal change at the end of the year. From September to December we move from the last… Continue reading

    December Musings…
  • Unexpected Rainbows

    When it rains, look for rainbows, when it’s dark look for stars~ Oscar Wilde I remember the day I took these pictures. It was one of those difficult days when everything felt exhausting and everything seemed like a struggle. It… Continue reading

    Unexpected Rainbows
  • November Musings…

    …No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds. November!~ Thomas Hood For me, November is the quiet “in between” month of the fall. It fits nicely in between the colorful splendor of recent weeks and before the festive sparkle and… Continue reading

    November Musings…
  • Autumn

    I love living in a place where the seasons shift, marking the passage of time. Each season brings something special to look forward to as the current one wanes. I love a good snowstorm in winter… the first daffodils and… Continue reading

    Autumn