In the Bleak Midwinter

The Flower Child in the Midst of Winter

The Garden Diaries-My First Thoughts of Spring

Mixed Media, acrylics

I grew up on the sunny shores of Southern California. Even though it has been roughly 50 years since I left that lovely place in the sun I still find myself each year wrestling with winter. Living of the edge of the woods,I see winter at its very best and yet I still find myself tempted to melancholy when the leaves are gone and the icy winds come. This year, as every year, I have to remind myself that Winter is a wonderful teacher and that I often learn more about myself in winter than in the warmer and “funner” months. Let the lessons begin

View out our window

Winter’s Quiessence

Mixed media, acrylics,copper leaf

Up the hill