Last weekend we visited Stonewall Farm in Keene to see the “Dancing of the Ladies” — the moment that the cows are let out for the first time in the Spring. I heard that the cows frolicked, but I had not idea that they actually leaped about. It was something else.
From “January” by Betty Adcock:
Wind hisses and one shadow
sways where a window’s lampglow
has added something. The rest
is dark and light together tolled
against the boundary-riven
houses. Against our lives,
the stunning wholeness of the world.
January is about: darkness and light; shadows and sun; keeping the cold outside and the inside warm; and, lots and lots of books.
I have to admit that I’m not really a holiday person, but I love Christmas. I love the festive music and the twinkling lights, and one of my favorite parts of the whole year is decorating the tree. My mom gave all of us an ornament every year from the time we were born. Getting out the boxes every year is like looking through a time capsule. Some of these ornaments have been with me for more than thirty years! I am doing the same thing with my children so that someday when they move out (*sniff*) they will have lots of ornaments for their tree, and the memories that go along with them. This past weekend we got our tree, and I took a few pictures at the farm.
Just a few shots from this past weekend.
Check out the cat’s foot 
