It's a Happy New Year If You're a Dog!

We are dog sitting this dog in the center of this Happy New Year post my husband created for my friend.  We took our dog and her dog snow shoeing today and they spent much of their time noses buried in snow digging for field mice which they never found.  The snow is probably a foot deep, frozen over and hard to walk in but we all managed.  Northern New England is expecting another big storm tomorrow with another 12" predicted and brutal sub zero temps and wind chills.  

Hoping you had a grand New Year's Eve and are ringing in 2014 with happiness and a warm puppy!

Winter Can Be Soft

The Way Home
by
Cole Scott Photography

A day of snow delivered 3-5" of freshies to our valley.  Driving to work I noticed the soft winter light on the landscape, the snow sticking to trees, the quiet beauty of the season.

Winter Can Be Colorful

January Thaw  
by Cole Scott

As most of you who read this blog know, I live in the recreational White Mountains of New Hampshire.  Our valley feeds into eight ski resorts, multiple lakes and rivers, some of the best ice fishing, snowmobiling, XC, snowshoeing and more.  Heavy snowfall is key to success in Winter but right now, we're in the midst of a January thaw.  It makes for beautiful photography.

Northern New England Weather Forecast

I'd love to see a weather forecast reported like this, especially on TV.  

Waiting to get this party (ski season) started.  Let's hope this storm stays on track!  

Winter Up North

Winter in Eaton Village

Winter Down South

. . . near Hilton Head, South Carolina

Scott and I took a ten day driving trip to Hilton Head, S.C. this January.  We met up with close friends who had a time share for the week.  Leaving snowbound single digit weather in New Hampshire to find beautiful, shorts-appropriate temps on the island was heaven.  

New England Forecast

East Buried in a Blizzard

Northern New England's first big Winter storm and I'm already thinkin' about the beach.

Caribbean Time by Laura Trevey

 

In Like a Lion...

As you can see by the B/W photograph of our dog, Dewey, we are having a big winter storm today. Some (CNN) are calling it the "biggest storm of the year" although I don't know if they mean this year or last year or the winter portion of the year or what. The New England states were not hit nearly as hard as those in the Mid-Atlantic. Having lived in Virginia for many years, I know how tough it is for them. Their transportation departments are ill equipped to deal with heavy snow conditions so the cities usually throw up their hands and close down. As I understand it, today is the first time in six years that NYC schools closed. Ah well, one more snow day more or less won't hurt anyone. And it is so pretty.

Snowed In

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