December 18th. Sunny morning after yesterday's ice storm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Encased Alder cones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Different edit of the picture above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 20th. Ten degrees. Sunrise at Raymond Brook Marsh.

 

 

 

 

 

Ice still coating many branches.

 

December 21st. Ten degrees.

 

 

 

 

 

That does it for the four seasons of 2019. The next pictures will start the first Winter 2019-20 page. The days will start getting longer! By mid-February, the Red-winged Blackbirds will start calling. And so the new year follows the familiar pattern.