Winter's Welcome
Is today the first day of winter? Debatable...
December 21, here you are! And yet Tom is complaining that it makes no sense today is ‘the first day of winter’. Why should winter start on the shortest day now that we are careening towards spring? HE HAS A POINT. We’ve already shoveled the driveway four times, five if you count today’s shoveling that we are yet to begin. As I write it’s really coming down out there, big fat flakes – no point in shoveling just yet.
My video above shows our neighbor’s shed, aka Sheddy. Do you see the face?
Whether you observe December 21 as the start of winter or December 1 as Tom does, winter is well and truly here. Our friend Jamie observed that winter in the Berkshires hits differently – it doesn’t instantly start trending towards dirty slush the way it does in and around New York City – it tends to stay pristine for longer, topped up with a fresh coating here and there. There’s also such a thing as ‘upslope snow showers’1 and we get them at our house! It sounds like I’ve lived here for ages and know the idiosyncrasies of Berkshire weather patterns, but I’m still not entirely sure how to get back to our house from the supermarket in Pittsfield.
The natural beauty here is good for our health. Just running errands or doing the school run delivers therapeutic scenic views and calming mountain vistas. But tomorrow it’s going to be a high of 14 and a low of 0 degrees Fahrenheit (that’s -10 and -18 in Celsius respectively) so the realities of moving here are hitting both ways. Winter is gorgeous but it’s going to be brutal too. We thought maybe you’d like to see some of the scenes from the comfort of your own home – no need to put on wool thermals or bulky boots!
Happy Holidays and we will see you in the New Year with Art Drop #20! So long 2024…
P.S. Our pay-what-you-want pop-up studio sale closes at the end of the year, with a few prints still left that we’d love to send on their way to a new home.
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Moist air from a body of water gets carried by wind towards the side of a mountain and as it rises that moisture comes down as snow showers on the windward side of the mountain.
Tom -that image of the almost solitary tree set against the folds of two hills is astonishingly good.
Merry Christmas to you both :)
Stunning! If I could get my husband to endure the cold, I'd move up north tomorrow! I love snow:) Happy Holidays to you both :)