Today is my birthday. It’s also the 132nd anniversary of the worst blizzard to ever hit the east coast of the United States. Early March is frequently stormy and snowy. Blizzards are not unusual, though typically, snow melts quickly in… Read More ›
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THE DAM IN WINTER: A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
THE MUMFORD DAM IN JANUARY: A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE A trip to the dentist also means a chance to photograph the dam in the middle of town since the two places are adjacent. Taking advantage of a rare opportunity… Read More ›
STOPPING BY THE WOODS ON A SNOWY NIGHT – ROBERT FROST
Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” from The Poetry of Robert Frost, edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Copyright 1923, © 1969 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc., renewed 1951, by Robert Frost. Reprinted with the permission of Henry Holt… Read More ›
WINTER SCENES – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Winter Scenes It certainly is winter here and today, it was actually cold. The earlier parts of the month were springlike, sometimes downright summery. Today, cold. Tomorrow? Snow? Sleet? Rain? Cold? Warm? All of the preceding? NOW… Read More ›
THE WHITE OF A WINTER SKY #4 – Marilyn Armstrong
WHITE WINTER SKY – Marilyn Armstrong The sky is as white as the snow. That was winter. Now, it’s just dull gray, day after day. With rain, with sleet, with ice. Warm enough so the fleas don’t die and the… Read More ›
WINTER YET TO COME – Rich Paschall
Winter In The Air, Rich Paschall It’s not in the air now. It was, but not now. Back in late October winter arrived before we could even rake up all the leaves. In fact, many of the trees still had… Read More ›
COUNT THE BIRDS – Marilyn Armstrong
The windows through which I shoot bird pictures had gotten dusty. Owen went out to clean them for me. All the birds around the deck and on the feeders flew up and into the trees. Owen said it sounded like… Read More ›
ICE ART – BY ELLIN CURLEY
We recently had an ice storm where I live, which knocked out our satellite dish and made the roads hazardous to drive on for a while. But the next day, the ice-covered trees and bushes around the house created a… Read More ›
FEATHERED FRIENDS AND FLUFFY TREE CLIMBERS – Marilyn Armstrong
The squirrels knocked down one of the feeders this morning, so we filled it up and put it back. The ground feeders love all that fallen seed and it’s in a nice, safe place where the bird-eating hawks can’t easily… Read More ›
MORE WINTER BIRDS – Marilyn Armstrong
I see a lot more birds than I am able to photograph. I see them, but when I lift the camera up, they either hide or fly up into the tree. They obviously can see me through the glass doors…. Read More ›
BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE! – Marilyn Armstrong
Following the snow came the arctic blast from somewhere in the northwest. The sun was out when I got up, so it was a beautiful gleaming woods. The birds, for a change, had control of the feeders … but sneak… Read More ›
THE “OLD PERSON” WEATHER REPORT – Marilyn Armstrong
These days, watching television and seeing even the finest meteorologist give a forecast that is everything other than summer would be a lot funnier if it didn’t mean that climate change is hitting this area — New England — harder… Read More ›
