A New Year's Snow
12" X 9"
Watercolor
Last year, we didn’t have a white Christmas. Instead, we had
a white New Years. So, early that morning, having gone to bed well before midnight, off we went to explore our new home blanketed
in snow. It was clear, cold, and very quiet. The smart folks were still at home
snuggled up to a cup of coffee. The world was ours and it was beautiful: snow
banners billowing off the La Plata peaks, showers of sparkle coming off the
trees, and an intense blue sky emerging as the storm blew out.
We felt the joy of a hopeful year ahead of us— filled with
anticipation of change and good things to come—our unfolding move, finding our
place in a new town, perhaps starting to build a home in the spring. We had no hint
of the challenges we would face in the coming year.
Come this December, it snowed and snowed, giving us the white
Christmas we all hoped for. I watched the snow and worked on this
painting—thinking about how we would say a resounding farewell to the trials of
2015 and pin our hearts to a new year with fresh hopes and dreams.
