Snow on

Crocus, buds, snow.

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

When I woke up this morning I took a double-take, “Is that snow?” Indeed it had snowed again – our flowers and budding bushes and trees endured another bout of Mother Nature’s confusing spring.

crocus in the snow

The poor crocus, so exciting days ago, buried in snow.

blueberry in the snow

The recently transplanted blueberries bore the snow well – already the sunnier surroundings appear to be paying dividends.

Melt, limbs, bombs away.

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

And the snow melts and the winter rains return. Compare the angle of the limbs of the big trees in this photo with the first photo in the previous post (or mouse-over this photo) – these trees can shoulder a heavy load, until of course they fail and try breaking one of my benches.

When we bought our house our realtor said the sellers wished to leave a number of benches if we agreed, to which we did, visions of Smith & Hawken beauty decorating our yard. What we found instead were a random assortment of benches in various stages of decay and, oddly, some 50’s diner chairs. We then did what any good landowners would do, we hid them in the woods and forgot about them.

Snow, ski, lake.

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

snow in the yard

As a kid, I fancied myself an Olympic caliber cross-country skier – I wasn’t, but I fancied it anyway. I would sneak out of the house during snow storms to ski at the nearby golf course while pretending I was Josh Thompson, America’s biathlon hero.

For various reasons, not the least of which named “Chicago,” I haven’t skied much over the years. Since moving here I’ve been longing to get some skiing in and today longing became reality.

Farms, walk, snow.

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I returned to the Day Road farms last Sunday for my first Farm Walk.

The walk, 2.2 miles in total, covered a number of different properties under various stages of development, from actively being farmed to actively being reclaimed by the forest.

tower and vines

We started at the farm stand and made our first stop at the historic water tower recently moved from Winslow.

Snow, trees, sky.

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We finally received our promised snow.

snow, trees, sky

It was a perfect day in my book: a roaring fire all day at home, snowmen in the yard with my daughter in the morning and a farm walk with TWL in the afternoon – more to come on an active TWL weekend.