this morning - looks serene doesn't it? On one hand, where I live, January can be as brutal as can be.  Frigid, nasty and day after day of dreary grey.  Some years it's sunny and beaming for days on end and dry as a bone. The brightness, especially gleaming off a fresh snow is so uplifting.  I prefer the latter of course.  You see where I'm going here - from one year to the next, the month of January can be a mix of apples and … [Read more...]