Snow!

There is something warm and comfortable

in seeing the farm buried beneath a blanket of soft whiteness....

a peaceful, quiet stillness that settles over the land

after a snowfall.

The colors of sunrise are a sharp contrast to the grays and whites of the ground.

The garden, once the center of the farm, slumbers for now.

There are some who revel in the coldness...

and some who prefer to stay indoors....

and some who just don't know what to do with themselves!

This is how we will spend the end of 2012,

and how we will usher in the New Year.