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Several Sundays ago I was sent up north to Lake Winnipesaukee in search of ice sailing, or ice yachting. After driving to a few of the frozen coves, I finally found some ice boats.

In order to get the boat moving the participants need a little luck on their side. First and foremost, they need clean ice, free of snow. Which, in New England, can be very difficult during the winter months. Second, the sailors need wind.

There was plenty of snow-free ice the day I went out, however, the wind was lacking. It would come and go and the sailors would get ready to sail and then it would die down. For more information click HERE

Other sailing pictures can be seen HERE

I’ve shot a lot of skiing lately and absolutely love it. It’s cold and really windy at times, but the creative juices seem to flow up on the mountains. For more picture please click here.

I shot cross country skiing for the first time a few weeks back and last weekend tried it for the first time. It was fun, but conditions were far less than favorable. I fell a bunch, but am ready to get back out whenever we get some fresh powder here.

Earlier this week I drove down to southern New Hampshire to photograph a snow covered garden for The Wall Street Journal. The story was about all that can be done to prepare a garden for the harsh winter weather. It ran on Wednesday. To read the story please click HERE.

I went out to an apple orchard this past week to photography a cross country ski meet.

Some brave folks took on the cold and jumped into Lake Winnipesaukee last week.

Winter is keeping us all busy.

Saw this today while driving around the snowy northeast.