Yesterday, Desiree and I drove to the cabin for a day by a bonfire with our mountain neighbors. Late winter storms have layered something near four feet of snow on the ground in the mountain valley there.
Our
far-north winters can be long and sometimes brutally cold, but our snow-covered
landscapes verge on otherworldly stunning.
We drove the final miles to the cabin under a bluebird sky. Where struck by the morning sun, the snow absolutely
sparkled. The green pine and fir trees
cast fine blue shadows across the brilliant white expanses.
I
stopped once so we could hop from the truck and take a few photographs of the
walls of snow on each side of the road.
After
snowshoeing around the cabin for a bit, we spent the rest of our day beside a fire,
chatting, shedding layers of clothing, and allowing the sun to fully embrace
us.
The
Road In
Desiree
Near a Wall of Snow
Desiree
by the Fire
—Mitchell
Hegman
Here in Bayawan I like the part about shedding clothes. The rest of it, eh…, not so much. Kind of looks like my beach party yesterday, but way too many clothes. Seeing is kind of disorienting since March is full on summer here.
ReplyDeleteWe have been much colder than normal this March. Not so much shedding of the clothes.
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