February 8, 2006

Where has all my beloved snow gone? Mother Nature keeps teasing us with a light dusting now and then but just as a winter landscape painting workshop is about to begin it rains or heats up to 50 degrees. But so you see that there really is some wonderful snow here in upstate NY (like you ever doubted!), here are a couple shots we took right before the Stanley Maltzman workshop in January.

I love it when it first snows enough to load all the branches and twigs of the trees and shrubs with a layer of snow. It is a magical scene. You have to catch it before the snow starts to overload the branches and falls off.

Well, since I can’t play in the snow (meaning take loads of pictures and marvel at the beauty of winter), I have been creating new table decorations for the dining rooms at the inn. Here is a picture of the decorations for the month of February.