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Continue reading →: A Frosty Walk in March
March 14, 2023 The sun shined brightly, not a cloud in sight, snow sparkled like diamonds. The trees were coated in frost. The most beautiful winter scenery. I strapped on my snowshoes and headed across the backyard, up and down the snowdrifts. I stopped immediately to take a few photos…
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Continue reading →: Snowshoeing with Nieces
February 25, 2023. Early in the week there was talk of a huge snowstorm for Wednesday evening and blizzard conditions into Thursday. Six to twelve inches of snow was predicted. I didn’t believe it, not wanting to get my hopes up. Early Thursday morning, Jesse and I stepped outside, the…
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Continue reading →: Discovery and Memories of Sandstone
February 18, 2023 I set out again, once in the pasture, I followed my snowshoe track from the week before. The snow had melted some more so I didn’t wear my snowshoes. Ice coated the low spot of the pasture beneath the ash and boxelder trees just before the woods.…
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Continue reading →: More Snowshoeing
February 11, 2023 The snow had melted some since a week ago, perhaps this will be my last chance to snowshoe. The days are getting noticeably brighter. I came out an hour earlier today but it seems just as bright as it did last week. The wind is fierce. I…
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Continue reading →: February Snowshoeing
February 4, 2023 After my walk last week, I strapped on snowshoes so I wouldn’t be postholing this time. A fierce wind greeted me. The wind shifted the snow, creating beautiful patterns, like shifting sands on a beach. I walked along the road, up a slight incline, turned left, and…
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Continue reading →: Hiking a Goat Prairie
Jan 15, 2023 Jesse and I went to Larry’s to hike to the top of his bluff where there’s a goat prairie. Larry warned us the walk would be challenging; we’d be postholing the entire way up. But Jesse was determined and I love the exercise. Jesse led the way…
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Continue reading →: Walking in January
January 16, 2023 Saturday morning at 7:30 am, I went for a long overdue walk. (I used to walk at least three hours a week, especially in the winter time and probably up to six hours – a habit I desperately need to pick up again.) I walked out the…
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Continue reading →: Breathless at Frontenac
October 30, 2022 Small, quiet tinkling fills the air as the river licks gently the foot of the bluff. Gulls cry out, transporting us to the sea. The sound of tissue paper being crinkled drifts down the bluffside as frantic gray squirrels rustle and dig in the leaf litter, sometimes…
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Continue reading →: Seeking Solace in the Woods
October 9, 2022 This year has been a struggle with the construction of the parlor, adapting to it and being short on milking labor; which has brought me to tears countless times and made me feel lonely and taken advantage of by my in-laws. I sought solace and company in…
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Continue reading →: An October Walk
October 2, 2022 I set out through the backyard, down the bit of driveway and road to the pasture. Dandelions nicked by the frost had blackened tips. The pasture was full of clover and thick lush grass. Field corn is being chopped on the hill above. The hoodie was a…
In Pursuit of Wonder 