January 2023

January 3, 2023

Dave Bonta January 3, 2023

Hard rain beginning to ease by late morning. Chirps and twitters become audible. The last patches of snow line the road like litter.

Dave Bonta January 2, 2023

The sound of running water in the darkness. Occasional soft, sparrowy chirps as the sky brightens. Then the wren’s impatience bubbles over.

Dave Bonta January 1, 2023

A clearing sky at sunrise with the sound of running water and a wren. The snow is looking threadbare, even on north-facing slopes.

December 22, 2023
Half an hour till sunrise. The sky’s gray matter is deeply furrowed. The caroling of a Carolina wren briefly dispels the gloom.
December 22, 2021
Patches of blue sky; occasional snowflakes. What appears to be a butterfly fluttering through the treetops must be a dead leaf.
December 22, 2020
After a night of light rain, the snowpack has shrunk, revealing a microtopography of logs, pits and mounds—bones under the skin of an elder.
December 22, 2019
Bright sun with a bit of warmth, but the trees’ long shadows give shelter to the snow. A squirrel leaps headlong through the treetops.
December 22, 2018
Windy and overcast. Bare branches sway and clatter. The scattered chirps of small birds gusting toward the feeders at the other house.