New Year’s Eve sunrise

by Kathy Purdy on January 1, 2008 · 15 comments

For those of you who think my snowdrops will shortly be rocketing from the earth and bursting into bloom: fear not. The snow came back. More predicted tomorrow.

Happy New Year.

Fortunately, by the thirtieth or fortieth or fiftieth year or thereabouts, the gardener strikes that balance by which he has the best of all seasons. By the time one is eighty, it is said, there is no longer a tug of war in the garden with the May flowers hauling like mad against the claims of the other months. All is at last in balance and all is serene. The gardener is usually dead, of course.

Henry Mitchell

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1 Zoey January 15, 2008 at 9:06 am: Kathy,
That is a beautiful winter picture!

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2 Shady Gardener January 9, 2008 at 7:51 pm: Beautiful photograph!

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3 Nicole January 7, 2008 at 5:08 pm: Just beautiful and ethereal.

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4 Curtis January 5, 2008 at 9:52 am: Icy and wonderful photo Kathy. It does look like a painting.

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5 Kylee January 4, 2008 at 1:40 am: Gorgeous photo! It looks muh like a painting! Happy New Year to you Kathy!

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6 susan harris January 2, 2008 at 5:41 pm: Thank you for that photo!!! And Happy New Year and keep up the good work, too. Susan

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7 Mr. McGregor's Daughter January 2, 2008 at 4:51 pm: Happy New Year! The colors in that photo are wonderfully subtle. Not that I need to look at any snow pictures – we’ve got over a foot of the stuff now.

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8 lisa January 2, 2008 at 3:07 pm: Beautiful, serene picture! Happy New Year!

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9 Dave January 2, 2008 at 10:23 am: That is a fantastic picture! It would look great as a January picture in a calendar. It would be nice to have at least one snowfall that beautiful down here in Tennessee this winter! Happy New Year to you also!

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10 Cynthia January 2, 2008 at 10:02 am: Happy 2008 to you and yours! It is even cold enough this morning to snow here in the deep southwest, but it will be back in the 50’s this afternoon. It will not be long till I’ll be out trimming back my salvia and sages. Keep warm and busy while you plan for warmer days. Spring will come!

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11 CurtissAnn January 2, 2008 at 9:25 am: What a beautiful picture! All of the pictures are beautiful. Of course all that snow looks so lovely from down here, much further south, where we hope to warm up today!

I love the picket fence idea, too!

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12 Linda MacPhee-Cobb January 1, 2008 at 10:33 pm Twitter: @timestocome: That’s a beautiful picture!

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13 Tyler Allison January 1, 2008 at 9:39 pm: I took/blogged about a similar picture but just shortly after sunset on the 31st. I don’t have the get-up-and-go to see the sunrise

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14 Robin (Bumblebee) January 1, 2008 at 7:23 pm: Hi Kathy,

Happy New Year to you too! I’m looking forward to reading more online (and in print) from you in 2008. I’m also looking forward to your Purdyville updates. Fascinating!

–Robin (Bumblebee)

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15 Carol January 1, 2008 at 4:57 pm: Happy New Year to you as well. I had no fear of ’skyrocketing snowdrops’ in your garden. I remember your snowy posts from last winter AND spring!

Carol, May Dreams Gardens

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