by Carol Conklin | Apr 22, 2011
Earth Day – Good Friday……… Spring is still cold, windy, rainy and beautiful in a cold sort of way. Red buds are showing on distant trees and the mountains are highlighted with small patches of sun. All here comes from the earth and returns to....
by Carol Conklin | Apr 14, 2011
Last week, everyday, 20 degrees, frost! The morning light comes sooner each day and I’d walk to my studio and look out the window to sun high-lighting trees and mountains in the distance, turning the field by us white. Last week, still no leaves to be seen and...
by Carol Conklin | Apr 3, 2011
April 3rd, at last it’s a clear bright spring morning! This is the first morning with early bright sun and I took the opportunity to take my first morning walk up the hill behind my house for this year to celebrate the sunrise.As I came to the top of the hill...
by Carol Conklin | Mar 27, 2011
Spring is very slowly arriving and here we still have large areas of snow with brown grass revealed in many fields and yards. It’s also been extra cold for this time of year, way behind last year.we can complain, but then, when we think of the disaster in Japan...
by Carol Conklin | Mar 20, 2011
Last night the brilliant super moon arrived to bring in spring. From my view it was very large and had golden crescents around it. It shone very brightly throughout the night to bring spring here. My batik “Moon Over Spring” is on exhibit at the Thacker...
by Carol Conklin | Mar 20, 2011
The days of heavy snow have not been gone for long. It was only a short time ago that I looked out in the blowing snow to see our little birdhouse nestled in the small entryway. Near bye another bird nest in the little apple tree was pounded with snow, abandoned for...
by Carol Conklin | Mar 18, 2011
As I finish feeding the hutch calves this clear evening, I look off to a sunset sky in the west and catch a glimpse of the West Mountain Ski area beyond Glens Falls, New York. It sparkles in the distance like many diamonds. At home the sky keeps changing and is both...
by Carol Conklin | Mar 10, 2011
I awake to a winter wonderland again! Yes it is beautiful, but we have had so much snow, that I fear the long, uphill driveway will have no room for cars if it has to be plowed once more. As I look out I see the Rhodedendrons highlighted with fluffy white snow and...
by Carol Conklin | Mar 1, 2011
February, the shortest month can often, seem the longest. That was the case this year. Most of the month being cold, cloudy and snowy. There were some beautiful days however, and the light was much stronger, giving off a feeling of optimism when the sun did shine. The...
by Carol Conklin | Feb 25, 2011
February is close to being on it’s way out. We’ve had a few bright sunny days but mostly cold and snow and this morning it is snowing again! I have had colder times in my life, down to 40 below zero when I was young and we lived below Mount Washington, in...
