Again it has been a few days of thaw and rain. The yard is turning to ice and I need my studded shoes to be able to move freely without slipping. The moon shines its

The lynx moves around without being seen, only the tracks remain. The big cat is a long-awaited guest, shy and sharp, an important part of the ecosystem.

It is crisply clean like breathing clear crystal. When the sun shines from a clear sky, everything suddenly feels lighter. Winter's heavy curtain of darkness may need to be pulled back sometimes. There have been

On New Year's Eve, I take my camera and carefully walk out onto the ice that has formed overnight. It has turned cold again and the rain-soaked ice that almost released its grip has frozen

Again, warm temperatures come with rain and the snow melts, the ice on the lake gets a water cover where everything is reflected in each other. Below the surface I see the piece of ice

In the days leading up to Christmas, the moon grows more and more full. It hangs over all the projects on the farm like a watchful eye and I feel its pull like a greeting.

The lake is a living being that reacts to everything that happens around it. When the cold weather comes, the water temperature gradually changes and if the day is still, as it is now, the

Then came the heavy snow that fell on all the trees and created a whole new atmosphere, a silent world. I travel to work in the morning. Scraping car windows, brushing off the snow, shivering