Friday’s snow and ice storm was a reminder of how horrible a real Maine winter day can be – bitter cold winds; slippery and slushy roads; ice- laden trees blown down, and power outages. Yesterday was a reminder of how beautiful a real Maine winter day can be after an icy storm – air so clean and clear that inhaling it seems like receiving a sacrament; sun so bright in the snowy landscape that we have to wince to take it all in; ice-glazed trees that, when caught by the sun’s rays, look like the most delicate of blown glass, and orange-burnished sunsets welcoming warmly-dressed deer to nuzzle darkening, snowy fields. But, still cold.
(Brooklin, Maine)