Sunrise on the icy farm.
This is my New York rainbow… as you may be able to guess, it features a lot of white! And a lot of a certain furry friend who is more of an off-white character.
FINALLY seeing my parents was just the best.
The weather was exactly the weather you’d expect for Central New York in January, but the light was lovely most days. The kitchen… site of the soap making Mom and I did together. I learned how to make the faves of the hick-a-rew household: lemongrass lime and vanilla sandalwood.
Mom also kept Christmas up at my request, which felt like it made sense given the snowy ambiance.
Any given day’s temperature report, but I was snug in my “writing loft” upstairs for week one, attending my second semester residency! I love going to writing school.
But Dad took one for the team and plowed the driveway over and over again.
But blue sky though! It was lovely the few times it warmed up to 20 and I got to take walks.
The longest walk I took was all the way to the east orchard (which they barely visited in 2021 due to excessive rain/mud), where I set eyes on Big Mama, the apple tree matriarch.
I spied many dormant bird nests around the orchard, which were easy to spot all capped in snow.
I watched a northern harrier patrol the fields.
And I spied a fox a few times!
My handsome husband joined me for week two. We had a great, mellow, trip, and made it home safe and healthy.
a splash of color on monday
a photo study documenting the colors of the spectrum: the balance points between light reflected and light absorbed
