Hoarfrost Sunrise (Folded Greeting Cards) Original Oil Painting Description: My mother’s side of

Description: My mother’s side of the family emigrated from Wales and homesteaded a farm in south central Minnesota in 1856

The scene reminded me of the following poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1897)

We are often quick to jump to the conclusion that situations are either good or bad based on initial perceptions

The sharp angle of the late afternoon sunlight created a golden hue on the prairie at the edge of this oak savanna

Hoarfrost Sunrise (Folded Greeting Cards) Original Oil Painting Description: My mother’s side ofDescription: One winter morning earlier this year, I awoke, glanced out the window, and to my amazement a dense hoarfrost covering all surfaces. I hurried through my morning routine, jumped into my vehicle and took off for work; anticipating that on a morning like this it might take me a bit longer than usual to make the commute. The world had been entirely transformed. Everything was made beautiful from barbed wire fences, to rusty vehicles, to