winter solstice

turkey tracks

this way?

that way?

which way?

mesmerized by the quality of light

Sunlight on snow this morning and the intensity of it woke me out of my winter fog.  I felt energized.  Such a difference the light makes.  It is still cold, below freezing all day.  I did go outside a couple times but it was too cold to wander around with my camera.  I needed my heaviest mittens.  So I contented myself with taking photos out the window.  I could not stop looking.

Milo catches a sun beam

Everything was beautiful in the light

The above photos were taken at mid-day.  And then as the day went on, the light became less intense.  Yesterday I watched the snow turn gold, then pink, then blue as the sun sank lower and lower.

Yesterday, I walked down the driveway to get the mail and check the road conditions.  My driveway is fairly long, through the woods, about an eighth of a mile.  It was very slow going. Snowshoes actually might have helped.  I have never before wished for snowshoes!  As it was, each step meant bringing my knee up almost waist high to get through the deep snow.  It was hard work.  I had to rest a couple times.  Coming back was easier, since I had broken a trail.  Today when I walked down again, following my steps from the previous day, I noticed that a deer had walked in my footsteps.  Even crossing from one side of the drive to the other, as I had done.  It made me feel very connected in some way.  That I was able to make a path for others.

looking at the structure of icicles, like a spine