Ice Building on Sandy Island Beach

Witch Hazel Blooms

Seen At My Garage This Morning

Winter Walk at Storm King Art Center

Saugerties Lighthouse

Illegal and Thrilling

Appaloosa at Tanglewood Riding Center

Rap-Shaw in January

 

January Day Trip to Stillwater

Cold, clear and bright, with little wind, the ice is plenty thick. Some recent wind damage. Some water on top of the ice, hidden beneath recent snow. This is our 22nd consecutive month on the island. Stillwater Road is never smoother than during winter.

Claudia

Four pairs of cardinals are visiting us regularly this year.

Finger Lakes Natural Beef at the Regional Market

Gepetto's Wood Shoppe at the Regional Market

Mr. Geppetto will custom make any whirligig you can imagine. Just bring him your idea.

They sell standards, too, like this milkman and cow and a log cutter. 

Imagine this rather odd Snow White repeatedly giving one of the Dwarfs a kiss on his forehead, 

Heidelberg Bakery at the Regional Market

Saturday mornings at the Regional Market are always an adventure. 

Today we found our favorite coffee, Forty Weight, and a new booth for us, Geppetto's Wood Shoppe from West Monroe with original whirligigs for gardens or yards. [There will be snaps of their wares tomorrow.] 

Then we discovered that Heidelberg is at the market. Home is Herkimer for this excellent, non-industrial bakery. We love the Sourdough and the French Peasant. Cheers!

Once There Was a Pasture in the Rand Tract

Salt Mountain

Please note that the blue door is not a door for leprechauns. We know snow! 

Practice Safe Design

Why They Call It Sandy Island Beach

He's impervious to cold water. We took a walk on the beach on Sunday, that lovely warm day with the wind from the south, and we couldn't keep him out of it. He got to looking like this from diving into beach sand for a tossed stick. This guy never runs out of steam!

Hayman

When We Had Ice

Goat Paths Back to Streets

The Sky Turned Pink...

...the sun shone under the clouds at the horizon, and suddenly a rainbow formed almost overhead.

Snow Moai

Snow, Man, Snow