The polar vortex NOT winter continues in central Maine with really cold air and regular nuisance storms that only contribute a couple of inches of snow each time.
Duck by the sea
A red-breasted merganser starts to get nervous as I linger by the shore in southeastern Connecticut last week.
New year sun sets over Noank CT
Happy new year
Old snow
Days of rain and warm temperatures create this crunchy, undulating surface made of old snow.
Through the forest we go
This spot is a good example of the different lighting along our paths through the woods. Barred owls like to perch in these trees.
Barely winter
Post Christmas temperatures reached over 40F; the previous snowfall of autumn is steadily melting. The low winter sun gives us some great coloring in the otherwise gray season.
Wooden cairns 4
Maine backwoods markers made of wood; the Bear needs no cairns, though! He already knows where the trail is and he sends out a “Merry Christmas” to all.
Wooden cairns 3
Another backwoods cairn, Maine woods version.
Wooden cairns 2
john's f-stop 
