At least some of the wet that has been layered over the neighborhood has been drawn up to the sky by the warmth of May sun.
Category Archives: Around The Hill
Red Tail Hawk
This fellow presided over the side yard recently.
Spring Birch
Birds swoop past a birch couple, their white bark echoed by blooming white buds.
Barn Reposed
This barn remains majestic despite the cant age has presumed upon it. This morning, snow squalls against striving buds. Makes one wonder how many hard springs this barn has endured, how many beings harbored in such conditions.
Lake Alice sunset
A recent sunset over Lake Alice ranged from deep purple to blazing orange.
Spring Stream
White puffy postcard clouds cast shadows across last seasons snow on Elk Mountain and cold fast running spring stream water.
Spring Shadows
Early spring sun casts shadows across soon to awaken greenery, and soon to be gone snow.
Cotton Lilac
Years ago, circumstances had me visiting the south a couple of times a year.
Driving past endless rows of cotton fields, I imagined that the cotton was clumps of snow that had attached to cold limbs.
The damp snow this week clung to a lilac bush and reminded me of how the cotton looked.
Last Night Lights
Barely visible beneath the ridge of Elk Mountain, trail lights shine for one of the last nights of night skiing for this season.
Still tons of snow on the slopes, check Elkskier.com for schedule and conditions!
Winter Lodge
Being a human, it’s difficult to imagine a comfortable home accessible only underwater. Yet our neighbor beavers find comfort and protection through the long winter in carefully constructed lodges.