WINTER

For all the harshness of winter, there is a stark beauty about it. Snow-covered hills stand in cushioned silence, trees bend under the weight of snow and ice, streams and rivers freeze in submission to plummeting temperatures. For those who dare venture out into the winter landscape, its beauty can be found almost everywhere. Snow paints the world with a purity only winter can reveal, and in this cold death life retreats, but only for a while before the sun begins to rise higher in the sky.