by Carol Conklin | Jan 29, 2011
I like to wake up with the sun. In the winter it doesn’t wake very early. I look out the window to a dim dark view of the day and turn on lights to feel perky. Finally the sun peeks over the hill behind our house and shines through the Rhododendrons next to our...
by Carol Conklin | Jan 20, 2011
The cold mornings of January are now here. Ten below zero again and again. I look out of my chilly studio window and looking north see a drifted white field that leads to a low hedgerow lining a brook. The sun brightly highlights the steep bank on the other side and...
by Carol Conklin | Jan 19, 2011
by Carol Conklin | Jan 13, 2011
Today I awoke to an overcast day, but the snow had stopped. It will be a relief to have shoveling over and maybe sneak up the hill on snow shoes to look off at the snow drifted fields and the Adirondacks. The sun is workong its way through the clouds making everything...
by Carol Conklin | Jan 5, 2011
New Years Day and I walk up the hill behind my home. It is warm and hazy, the mountains not visible. There are patches of fields that do not have snow here and there. The trees stand out before me, with the oak and beech tree leaves making their gentle vibrating...
