New Work each is 10x8" oil/cold wax on panel © 2014 Janice Mason Steeves Very early this morning I walked my dog at a nearby park. The Eramosa River widens at this spot and becomes a lake which except for one sandy beach, is almost entirely surrounded by limestone cliffs. The walking trails around the lake are cut through a forest of cedar and white pine. At that quiet hour of the morning I had the park to myself. I love to walk through the area called the pothole trail where there are deep circular pools carved out of the limestone by receding glaciers eons ago. Right now the trail is very difficult to walk through. The ice storm we had at Christmas felled trees and branches all through here. The park employees haven't had time to clear this area yet. In some areas you have to jump over logs and in others, find new ways around the fallen trees. I'm recounting this story because this trail of fallen trees and branches makes me think of our lives and