Here you see a somber pastural scene: this morning’s sleet and rain attacking last night’s snow. Today is our fifth day in a row of winter gray, something that Mainers need to come to terms with.
At the moment, I can’t think of any artists (other than Andrew Wyeth), who have captured Maine’s (and Pennsylvania’s) somber winter moods well with paint and brush, or even tried. Of course, most people probably would not want to see such scenes, no less go out and paint them.
Most of us seem to prefer storing memories of the “good” days, such as Tuesday of last week. That’s when Great Cove last was seen rolling blue under a sunny, cloud-flecked sky:
By the way, the island in the center of that image is Little Babson Island, which is not to be confused with the unseen Babson Island to its south. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on January10 and 16, 2023.)