The fiery tones of sunset cooled into a silken, purple twilight that befell and enrobed the land in sweet, calming nightfall.  The stars glimmered and danced in the cloudless sky as if dangling from the tree tops, and the snow pirouetted upon the frosty breeze.   A romantic time of…

Framed by the branches of the newly leafed Oaks, the moon, and a smattering of stars hung artfully, like grand portraits, upon the celestial, night sky.  The slightest breeze shifted the muses out of frame, temporarily, and another was soon captured and admired. Special moments are all around us, and when we stop to pay…

The tender green foliage of nascent Spring is slowly maturing and deepening as plants begin to fill out and reach fearlessly upwards.  Trees, once bare and sparsely leafed, have grown dense and lush.  The wind no longer blows hollow.  We are on the brink of true Spring as our frost-free…

Soaked and steeped like a lady finger dipped in coffee, the landscape is saturated, and the local creeks, streams, and retention ponds are again on the brink of overrunning their banks.  The bit of sun and wind that graced our area yesterday was helpful, but it simply wasn’t enough.  Monday night’s…

December has bestowed upon us an early Christmas gift – moderate temps, unfettered ground and frost-free soil.  Why, pray tell, is this a gift?  Normally at this time of year, the ground is frozen, blanketed in snow, and cold.  Essentially, December has given us the gift of time.  Additional time to…

These sunny days are killers.  Sure, they look benign enough, and for a moment, lift the spirits, until you have to walk outside.  They are nothing short of brutal and misleading, which just seems cruel.  At this point, I’ll take the snow over the sub-zero temperatures – clearly, the lesser…

If you read my last post, you may have thought I’d forgotten to mention yet another well-loved February institution. Well, I didn’t entirely forget. I just chose not to include it – the Super Bowl. In my defense, it sometimes falls in January, its date not fixed like Valentine’s Day…