1st walk on 2nd day

Ten inches of snow fell around New Year's.  The storm started on the 30th, with off and on snow (and even a little rain).  The first walk of 2020 had to occur on the 2nd day due to the storm and the necessary snow moving work.

The property's biggest red oak has probably seen 200 New Years.

The largest paper birch on Hardwood Hermitage is about 600 feet east of the oak. The base of the huge tree can be seen on the eastern side of the Jut, with the spring in the background.

Far older than any tree, the numerous gigantic rocks here take the snow in stride, just like the big old trees.