Our trees have dropped their foliage. The vibrant reds of fall have leached away, leaving a softer palette. Click on the image for a larger view.
Tag Archives: Winter in Maine
Still
Cobbosseecontee stream flows through our neighborhood. Islands dot its course. We pass this spot often on our way into town. Last night we stopped to to enjoy the view. Click on the image for a larger view.
First Snow 2015
We woke today to our first snow of this winter. It was about half an inch of a wet, icy crust covering the landscape. Click on the image for a larger view.
Waiting for Spring
It has been another long winter in Maine. I know technically it is spring and we are on daylight savings, but the reality outside has not kept up with the calendar—we still have a thick snowpack and the days have been windy and cold. Hopefully, in about a month and a half, our forest will look a little more like this. Click on the image for a larger view.
Horizon
The clarity of the atmosphere in the winter is striking. The horizon, that line dividing the sky from the water, is like a knife edge—a demarcation of our world. There is a magnetism to that unknown over the horizon. Yet, the unknown below the surface of the water ties us to the land. Click on the image for a larger view.
Tracks
Locard’s exchange principle, named after the French forensic scientist, can be summed up simply—every contact leaves a trace. No matter how small nor how transitory, our journeys leave something of us behind and carry away something with us. Every track, no matter if taken by a solitary traveler, is woven with those that came before and will come after. Click on the image for a larger view.
Frozen
A frozen waterfall in Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area. Click on the image for a larger view.
Snowbound
Our forest is under a three- to four-foot snowpack. The snow has consolidated making snowshoeing over our land fairly easy. In the summer, the foliage and understory make the forest dark and confining. In the winter, the space is open and free. Click on the image for a larger view.
It kind of says it all . . .
(For those of you not living in the Northeast of the USA, we have had record snowfall this winter. It seems it snows almost every other day, bring at least a foot of snow each time. OK, that might be an exaggeration, but not by much. This is a sign at one park where we walk Hikari. Click on the image for a larger view.)
Shadows and Snow Drifts
The blizzard left us with about 22″ or 55cm of snow. The winds create hollows and drifts that can come well below or above that. We spent several hour digging out and clearing the driveway after the storm. It appears we may get another 12″ or 30cm of snow today. Click on the image for a larger view.
