"January is the quietest month in the garden.  ...  But just because it looks quiet doesn't mean that nothing is happening.  The soil, open to the sky, absorbs the pure rainfall while microorganisms convert tilled-under fodder into usable nutrients for the next crop of plants.  The feasting earthworms tunnel along, aerating the soil and preparing it to welcome the seeds and bare roots to come." Rosalie Muller Wright, Editor of Sunset Magazine

Intense color of a coral bark maple

Winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail.  ~Proverb

Dogwood buds waiting

The gardening season officially begins on January 1st
and ends on December 31.
Marie Huston

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

Robert Burns

Lovely early morning fog

Seed pods of the Hearts 'A Busting

a stand of trees reflected in a single drop of precious rain

Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat.  Author Unknown

Plants cry their gratitude for the sun in green joy. Astrid Alauda

January is named after the Roman god Janus, who was always shown as having two heads.  He looked back to the last year and forward to the new one.  The Roman New Year festival was called the Calends, and people decorated their homes and gave each other gifts.

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