Yesterday morning, the snowstorm had ended, a beautiful winter’s day had begun, and our snow clearing entrepreneurs had plowed the driveways and country lanes early. For many of us, this was a familiar prologue for a performance of “Being Out.”
There were people on snowshoes and skis in the fields and on trails, people walking the secluded lanes, and people simply “driving around for a look.” Days such as yesterday should not be wasted; they may become memories of a vanishing time.
In the image above, you see the crossroads of Great Cove Drive and WoodenBoat Lane; and, if you look closely, you’ll see the tracks of two snowshoers who recently clomped through a stand of ancient apple trees on the WoodenBoat campus.
In the image below, you’ll see the sun trying to reach the inviting wooded curves of Hope Lane:
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on February 26, 2022.)