February is my favorite winter month in these mountains. Fresh snow carpets the landscape, making everything clean and bright. The skies clear and temperatures drop, often below zero at night before rising along with the sun through the day. Stars blanket the night sky, easily seen, so close it seems you can reach up and touch them. Early fogs leave a coating of frost on trees, plants and fences, crystals that sparkle in the morning sun before melting away. There’s a hush that comes with winter, a slowing and calmness that I find comforting.







Feature photo: old derelict farm house surrounded by equally old frost-covered trees, Jan 27, 2019.
It’s so beautiful there.
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I agree! And believe me, I know how lucky I am to live here. It’s not all sunshine and roses, but the good – particularly the natural beauty – definitely outweighs the bad.
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I love the freezing fog. Probably my second favorite winter thing — and these photos are beautiful.
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Thank you, Martha! Taking and editing photos has become a daily, soothing routine. Although I admit, I’m starting to look forward to taking photos of spring wildflowers rather than fences covered in frost and snow 🙂 Nothing better than living where there are four distinct seasons; just as you’re getting bored with one, the next one arrives!
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OMG…. you seriously need to publish a winter coffee table book.
These photos are stunning!
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Aw, thank you, River!
From your typing fingertips to…the book gods? I received an invitation yesterday to meet with a local photographer who wants to put together a photo book about our area. She needs a writer. Who knows, if it works out and we collaborate, maybe a fence photo will make the cut!
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That’s wonderful. Please show her some of your photos!
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Beautiful 💙❄️
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Thank you!
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No need to look up the definition for picturesque in the dictionary.
I just found it.
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