Friday we had our first snow. It did not amount to much.

Nothing like the snowstorms down East. When I

crossed the parking lot for coffee the usual gang

was there.

It might be my recent exposure to all the paintings in DC

but I saw our White-tailed Jackrabbits as characters in

paintings. These two shots made me think of Japanese

nature paintings of the EDO period.

I am sure this one knew Albrecht Dürer.

Our Mountain Ash are stubbornly holding on to their leaves.

They provide a really beautiful shot of colour for the city.

The snow has stopped and the sky is blue.

" God how we doubt the flames of our beauty!

now grow in the burning and demanding city

seeds of our excellence, reasons for phoenixes,

rake ash from our bodies for a new anatomy!"

                                           Magic Animals

                                                 Gwendolyn MacEwen