A busy month. A cold month. A month that started out snowy, then melted into drizzle and fog and damp brown-and-greenery.
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On the Sunday before Christmas I went to cut our Christmas tree. The weather helped set the mood by scattering the slightest layer of snow....
I love searching for a Christmas tree. It's really just an excuse to tramp through the woods and take photos....
This year's tree was decidedly less than perfect, but I fell in love with it and brought it home anyway...
...then fell in love with it all over again once it was decked and lit.
A few days later and the house was full. Small people made Christmas merry and noisy.
Good food and good company made it bright.
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A post-Christmas gift from farming friends:
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A few days after Christmas I took a walk to the prairie restoration project. The snow was long gone, and it looked more like autumn than winter....
Wild grass seeds - perennially fascinating:
The moon caught in a basket of budded branches:
Shadow of a blogger standing amidst the scattered leaves of a spent year:
Since that walk, the mercury has dropped. Temps are decidedly wintry again ... now all we need is some snow to complete the picture.
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I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, with pleasure outweighing stress. :)
Thank you for the past twelve months of friendship, supportive comments, and blogging joy. I wish you all the very best in 2015.
See you next year!
See you next year!
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