it was easy to get a shot of this guy...

he could "bearly" move.

wouldn't it be glorious if snow really came down in colors?

but what's falling outside my window just now is all white.

there's more than one way

to melt snow

david sanger spoke to a full house in brattleboro last week

during his informative talk not a single soul headed for the exit.

everyone listened with rapt attention

 and later came a scintillating exchange of ideas

the shoes make the girl

this charming little princess had serious sock attitude.

at a performance of ferdinand the bull at the new england youth theater

what was going on in the audience was as entrancing

as what was going on 

on stage.

do you hear the thumping of boots?

on the front porch, before entering, knock off as much snow as possible.

then unwind the scarves, pull off the hats, unlace the boots, unzip the coats, pull on the slippers and pad into the kitchen to stir up some lovely hot coco.

they didn't let a little competition

interfere in their friendship

"they also serve who only stand and wait"

spectators at the base of the ski hill, waiting for their young loved ones to zip down.

on a brisk, icy morning

junior olympians raced down memorial park hill

ice fishing derby

beneath their feet the fish swam sluggishly.

the entire expanse of the meadows was peppered with people and fishing shacks.

i don't know who won.

winter carnival 2013

the torch has been lit.

let the games begin.

sunbather of a different stripe

taken the following morning and around the corner from yesterday's image.

sunbathing in february

hardy vermonter soaking up the rays on a sunny afternoon

one thousand love letters

 "come in and write a love letter and maybe by valentine's day we'll have a thousand."

 when i stopped in last week they'd reached 567. i wrote two.

yesterday afternoon i peeked in the window.

1,258 love letters by february 13th and people still writing. hooray for love!

happy valentine's day everyone.

there are several ways of reaching the top of harris hill (site of the annual ski jump)

i would recommend you take the stairs only in an emergency.

past the ice pond and up to the cornfield

i trod softly in bear-paw tracks

and the sleek parallels of skis

but still i found myself sinking to my knees.

hiking without snow shoes

trying to walk on top of the trail left by others.

one step out of every four i went down to my knees.

hard work but sooooo beautiful.

after the storm

pathway brought to you by mr. brattcat.

hard to tell with the drifts but mr. bc calculates about 20 inches of fallen snow.

walking around town had to be done in the streets as most sidewalks were still impassable.

winds brutally cold for walking. brrrrrrrrr.

ice conclusion

this is my last image in the ice series, taken two days ago in quechee, vermont, a little over an hour north of brattleboro.

yesterday, all day and through the night, the snow fell.

i'll go out later and see what i can capture to share with you.

thank you all for your comments about the ice circles.

i love that i can photograph something that fascinates me and this community helps me to understand the true nature of what i've caught.

i asked mr. brattcat what causes the circles in the whetstone brook

he felt the manhole cover at the base of the lower falls (to the right of center) might be responsible.

is he right? any one else have an idea?

circles of ice

these perfect circles float down the whetstone brook

and gather like magic plates

waiting to feed the hungry connecticut river.

icebergs on the connecticut

not big enough to take the titanic down,

more like very cold pieces of ivory soap.

ice on the connecticut river begins to break up

you can hear the water muttering to itself under the february sun

ice, ice baby

these fishing shanties were standing on very thin ice this weekend

with so much rain the snow has nearly vanished

which may explain the big bite out of this sled 

acappella in brattleboro

last night at the brattleboro museum of art

high school groups sang acappella to an appreciative, s.r.o. house.

this excellent group huddled before going on.

february theme day- umbrella

i can't manage to link in
but thought i'd play along with "theme day" from the sidelines