The year is nearly over – Do I hear a collective “Hooray”?!
Well, December has on the whole been beautiful: frosty Upstate, with a heavy snowfall on the 16th making the landscape bright and seasonal – and cold. Mark, mimicking all those BBC wildlife documentaries we grew up with, did an Instagram post referring to the reappearance of the “Red-Hatted Artist”, “only seen during the winter months and most commonly found in its natural habitat of the woodland and lakesides around Dutchess County”
Very droll! I am not proud, I love that red hat. If only I could keep everything else as warm…
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Upton Lake, 10:30 am, foggy, December 13th, 2020
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In progress – December 13th 2020
Detail – Upton Lake, 10:30 am, foggy, December 13th, 2020
Detail – Upton Lake, 10:30 am, foggy, December 13th, 2020
Detail – Upton Lake, 10:30 am, foggy, December 13th, 2020
Trees, Clinton Corners, 8:00 am, a foggy start, December 13th, 2020
Trees, Clinton Corners, 9:00 am, December 13th, 2020
Milan Hill Road, 3:30, December 18th, 2020
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Upton Lake, frozen – with huddling geese, 10:00 am, December 19th, 2020
Trees in the snow, Clinton Corners, 9:15 am, December 22nd, 2020
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In progress – December 22nd 2020
Detail – Trees in the snow, Clinton Corners, 9:15 am, December 22nd, 2020
Detail – Trees in the snow, Clinton Corners, 9:15 am, December 22nd, 2020
Detail – Trees in the snow, Clinton Corners, 9:15 am, December 22nd, 2020
Detail – Trees in the snow, Clinton Corners, 9:15 am, December 22nd, 2020
Detail – Trees in the snow, Clinton Corners, 9:15 am, December 22nd, 2020
Detail – Trees in the snow, Clinton Corners, 9:15 am, December 22nd, 2020
Buttercup Preserve, looking north, noon, December 23rd, 2020
