March delivered her first real snowstorm overnight. It was a beauty, but we don’t need more of that kind of beauty. I’m beginning to think that there’s a beauty pollution phenomenon – just too much of a good thing.

Nonetheless, as you see, Great Cove and Eggemoggin Reach beyond were stunningly gorgeous at first light this morning. Even the woods, before sunlight stroked them, were a study in shadowed beauty:

(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on March 4, 2026.)

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