how i spent my new year weekend - 5

i flew out with my new camera around my neck

in pursuit of dream-spun light

how i spent my new year weekend - 4

a new morning dawned, a new year began.

the day was as besotted by fog as the night before had been.

finally, in mid-afternoon, the sun woke from its new year's stupor

how i spent my new year weekend - 3

we read aloud rumer godden's

tale of ivy and holly

under the spell of the tree

how i spent my new year weekend - 2

night came quickly,

carrying the fog in its arms.

how i spent my new year weekend - 1

we dropped baby brattcat and her charming beau

at the hugging bear inn in chester, vermont

and headed back to brattleboro

amelia

brought her pencils and pens

and her paintbox

and time took a holiday

january theme: photo of the year

brattleboro in the jaws of irene.

taken august 28th, 2011 from the top of the parking garage,

looking down over the flooded streets.

happy new year, everyone.

may 2012 bring you only good things.

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