"Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to the soul" -John Muir
The First Snow I was staring out my window today longing for snow. The temperatures are cold enough but instead of white, it is simply gray and brown. Indeed, our first real snow has yet to come to this year but I hope it will not be long. As I pondered this, I thought back … Continue reading The First Snow
Beginning of Winter Once again, I apologize for not posting in several weeks. I have been up in Northern Minnesota flying aerial beaver population surveys for the wildlife research that I do. As a result, I was staying in a cabin where I had poor access to the internet. However, on a positive note I … Continue reading Beginning of Winter
Snowfall in the North “Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity” -Novala Takemoto Continue reading Snowfall in the North
The pictures posted below have been shared on here before but there is something about them that always touches a deep vein of sentiment for me. It is something about the intangible qualities of winter silence, the utter hush that lays upon the land, the sound of nothing but the natural world. It is haunting … Continue reading Stillness of Winter
“There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is clad with radiance.” -William Sharp Continue reading A True Whiteout
