A Timid Season Hides Her Face
I tramped along the horse trail today over tufts of dried waving grasses and crunchy leaves. I passed a trickling stream of water and noticed open pools down in the lower wetlands. Light dustings of powdered sugar snow prettified the bare brown and taupey landscape while shy winter continued to peek around the corner, reluctant to make an entrance.
What to make of this unseemly warm January? According to the DNR It’s the 8th warmest in Minnesota history - so mild that nobody even noticed the annual January thaw that came and went offering little drama with the exception of a couple magical, mystical, socked-in foggy mornings.
“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show."
Andrew Wyeth
The Old Farmer’s Almanac told us to expect a winter rich in snow and cold with early snowfall and a lengthy winter wonderland.
So far, this winter has provided a rare January opportunity to feel the bone structure of the landscape and wonder about what’s waiting beneath it. So far.
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