Monthly Archives: February 2006

    Not all snow that falls into the valley is the same.  Snow fell yesterday and snow falls today, but snow of a different kind. Not flakes the size of oatmeal, or larger, that tickle at your cheeks and brush … Continue reading →

  Daylight eased through the windows earlier today than yesterday or the day before. Between sunrise and sunset, the days grow longer, but winter hangs on as February comes to a close.    Snow still falls in the valley. Again this morning it covered … Continue reading →

Snow falls on the valley as softly as the breath of a sleeping child. A wintertime artist with a single color palette, it lightly brushes utility wires, and tree branches. It tops the fence posts along the fence line and the birdhouse suspended in the birch. … Continue reading →

We waited until the morning was almost gone for the temperature to warm into the thirties, but it never did. When it reached twenty-seven, we decided to start our walk anyway. Always dressing in layers, double socked, and hooded, we are sometimes overdressed, … Continue reading →

From before early daylight till the dark of late evening, a sifter as wide as the valley and as long, shook snow over the village and surrounding hills. An all day, endless snow, it sheeted the fields and back road. But a curious snow, that … Continue reading →

Across the road white cows with their calves group themselves in the corner of the field by the fence. An orange tractor appears, and the cows trot smartly, with their young bobbing close behind, following it to the other side of the … Continue reading →