by Carol Conklin | Feb 17, 2011
As I walk toward Joanne’s old farmhouse at Dancing Ewe Farm a small flock of gentle grey- brown morning doves flies away from their bird seed treat that Joanne sets out daily. The whole farm has been buried under the plentiful snow we’ve had and the...
by Carol Conklin | Feb 7, 2011
Last night I felt the cold winter rain as I came back home. It was still very cold and it was surprising to have the wet drops falling into the snow. Thunder and lightning rumbled and flashed to our west letting my husband and I know something unusual was...
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...
by Carol Conklin | Dec 22, 2010
The winter solstice has passed. It was a cold, cloudy, but not stormy day. From now on there will be a little more light every day. I missed the eclipse of the moon, but the fact that the moon was full on the same night as the solstice gave us more light than we would...
by Carol Conklin | Dec 8, 2010
It’s early December and flakes have been falling. It almost puts me in a trance when I look out the window as they slowly fall to the ground, one large flake after another. We’ve had some bitter wind, a reminder of what is to come, but now the flakes fall...
by Carol Conklin | Dec 1, 2010
Tonight as so many nights lately, I’ll be ironing wax out of my last dyed batik. The season has been very unpredictable, but warmer sunny days allowed me to finish dyeing many pieces outdoors.Dyeing the fabric outdoors is ideal and I have my flower sink for you...
