A few random photographs taken on a cold winter day within the space of about two minutes

An eighteenth century toleware tea tin from New Hampshire

A crudely carved African woman, of no great value. But we enjoy her presence in the house

A chair back. Sometimes there is beauty in simple things.

Lord Kitchener, Boer War general among other things

A Chokwe mask

A corner of the house

Into the bedroom

Turning towards the living room windows, I snapped a few bird photographs. The subfreezing temperatures brought many of them to our feeders.

Nuthatch

Red Shouldered Hawk

Junco in the snow

Cardinal among the oak branches

Territorial imperative