We awoke yesterday in one of those big sky days. About an inch of new snow was covering the ground and billowing layers of blue-gray clouds enclosed us. Soon, a crack of sunlight appeared over the Atlantic on our southwestern horizon.
It was as if a lid was being lifted from our boxed day. As the lid lifted higher, the sun spread to the snow, melting it slowly. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on February 8, 2023.)