We’re about to get more snow, but we’ve been lucky so far. The sunny scenes of new snow in the interludes between snowstorms have almost been worth the inconvenience that the winds and white stuff cause.
By the time that the Blizzard of ’26 got here on the Down East coast, it seemed like a lumbering giant who had already spent his dangerous rage and had decided to make amends with more of an act of beautification than of devastation. My heart goes out to those who had to suffer the uncontrolled rage. We were fortunate, as we often are.
When the sun greeted the Blizzard’s new snow yesterday, a beautiful tranquility was restored. Below, you’ll see the long view to Mount Desert Island from Brooklin’s Amen Ridge. yesterday, as well as the scene (and perhaps the sense) of what it was like in a stand of spruce trees with dappled new snow all around.
But, of course, we now have to worry about what this afternoon’s predicted snowstorm’s mood will be. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on February 24, 2026.)