ode to snow

monday, riverside park nyc

 

snow stroll

monday afternoon, riverside park, nyc

 

furious flurries

February 1st, a snow day! stay home! 

Winter Trees  

(william carlos williams) 

All the complicated details

of the attiring and

the disattiring are completed!

A liquid moon 

moves gently among 

the long branches.

Thus having prepared their buds

against a sure winter

the wise trees

stand sleeping in the cold. 

riverside park uws

tie dye travels

 

west village

monday morning, midwinter

upper west side...

snow day stacks

home sweet home

powder

"Adventure is the invitation to common people to become uncommon."  Warren Miller 

Vail 

give them the ole' snowshoe...

"A snowshoe is footwear for walking over snow. Snowshoes work by distributing the weight of the person over a larger area so that the person's foot does not sink completely into the snow, a quality called 'flotation.'.  Snowshoeing is a form of hiking." (wikipedia)

My mother might add, "We may as well have just taken a walk!" 

Although we favored neither our equipment nor the mediocre conditions, we did enjoy the surprise of local teens gathering for cross country races and managed to soak up the bright morning light and take in a bit of mountain scenery.

Vail never really disappoints...

Vail Nordic Center...

On Saturday, snow...

coming and going, Saturday morning, Broadway...

tree line

Vail Mountain...

panna cotta three ways

après blizzard weekend ahead...

mise- en place...

scraping the vanilla seed from the bean and stirring into the warm mixture...

ramekins at the ready...

a stack of vintage plates...

tip: there is no secret recipe but the trick seems to be in the gelatin powder...

consult david tanis, david lebovitz, and ina garten and if need be, call your mother, too...

with raspberries and a drizzle of honey...

with cocoa powder...

with strawberries in balsamic and a lemon zest garnish...

http://davidtanis.com/books-by-david-tanis/

snow sculpture

Firemen's Memorial, Riverside Park...