February sunrises paint the sky in layers of lovely soft lavenders and mauves. Our steady wobbling and tilting towards the sun gives us a few more minutes of light each day. We are happy for it. The Mount Holyoke range reclines beneath purple pastel washes, shadows and fuzzy lines.A delightful surprise perching within one of our strong oaks. A pair of Red-tailed Hawks. I see these stately raptors, sometimes daily, resting high in the upper limbs but never before two at a time. Looking out … [Read more...]
A Frightfully Frigid Winter Interlude
Winter is becoming a bit freaky across the country creating whirlwinds of bone-chilling chaos and disasters in many states.Here, icicles dangling like dangerous claws, can be likened to imaginary bars of winter's bitter prison blocking healing warmth. Pruning will fill up much of February and March if days warm enough to hold pole clippers and saws.What was I thinking to plant a climbing hydrangea on the beautiful Shagbark Hickory . . . a good trim here and there will open to view some of … [Read more...]
Gazing Into A Wintry Landscape of Wonder
Though the wintry landscape palette is not as colorful as other seasons, the raw sky does spread out a bright cloth with vivid rose and lavender hues each early morning and just before night.Winter's beauty can be mesmerizing, though wind chills of -13 F do challenge the spirit.Somehow we all adapt.We are all creatures of habit. Late afternoons and early mornings, I often find our resident Red-tailed Hawk perching on the same branch, in more or less exactly the … [Read more...]
Gazing Into A Wintry Landscape of Wonder
Though the wintry landscape palette is not as colorful as other seasons, the raw sky does spread out a bright cloth with vivid rose and lavender hues each early morning and just before night. Winter's beauty can be mesmerizing, though wind chills of -13 F do challenge the spirit. Somehow we all adapt. We are all creatures of habit. Late afternoons and early mornings, I often find our resident Red-tailed Hawk perching on the same branch, in more or less exactly the same … [Read more...]
A Day In The Clouds Part Two ~ Sunset Sky Second Day of 2012
No Mistaking ~~ Red-tailed Hawkthis was the endingsecond day of twenty twelve a day in the cloudsearlier sunrisedirectly above mountainhere but a mirroreastward reflectionsa westerly setting sunswathed in vivid huesa cloud filled sky dome.The images in my last post and this one reveal the beauty of a cloudy sky . . . millions of water droplets reflecting light and color throughout one day . . . from sunrise to sunset . . . high above Flower Hill Farm. The second day of a new year … [Read more...]
