Bleak Mid - January

Thanks to Julie Windhorst
~ artist, photographer, friend ~
for sharing her paintings of hope (above)
and warmth (below) to brighten
our bleak mid - January

Willa Cather: "Winter was long in coming that year. Throughout October the days were bathed in sunlight and the air was clear as crystal. The town kept its cheerful summer aspect, the desert glistened with light, the sand hills every day went through magical changes of color. The scarlet sage bloomed late in the front yards, the cottonwood leaves were bright gold long before they fell, and it was not until November that the green on the tamarisks began to cloud and fade. There was a flurry of snow about Thanksgiving, and then December came on warm and clear. . . . "

~ from The Song of the Lark (Part I, Chapter VIII)
~ more Cather on FN and KL

And then along came January
to remind us what winter is all about!

Painting by Julie Windhorst