Old Man Winter

I am not sure when it happened. It started not to many years ago. Winters started to get longer and longer and many times I cursed the snow.

So now and then I need to remind myself that I am a life long New Englander and there really is a lot of beauty after a fresh fallen snow along the river and through out the woods

A snow covered birdhouse, a lone Muscovy sitting out the storm in the middle of the river, a spectacular blue sky, or the wind swept snow clinging to everything in its path.Winter can really be a beautiful thing here

When the temperature drops to 7 or 10 degrees it is cold, but you know you are acclimating to Winter when 25 degrees suddenly feels like a heat wave.I just don't like the cold, but come summer I am sure I will complain about the heat.