Today's post features Jan's wonderful photos. Jan lives just up the hill from where I am on the marsh - these trees make me think he's got a whole other ecosystem going on up there.

You may remember my recommending Kate Bush's "Fifty Words for Snow" as a good winter musical accompaniment. Looking through the latest crop of Jan's work, I've been listening to Transglobal Underground's "Khaleegi Stomp (Thievery Corporation Remix)," Jesus Jackson's wonderful "Running on Sunshine," and a lot from the Ditty Bops. This kind of music is at least as crucial to safely enjoying the long Maine winter as a thick scarf and a snow shovel in the trunk.