Happy Thanksgiving. This is a favorite image I took early in the morning March of 2004. We had a late season snowfall. I like Plimoth Plantation and have made some nice pictures there over the years. We naturally cover many Thanksgiving stories in Plymouth. In the recreated village there is very little color to contrast against the weathered grays of many of the buildings. Some locations just cry for snow. When the Ledger was printed in black and white I made some nice images during an early November snow and still remember wishing we ran color. Snow adds such a great element to many scenes that normally have trouble standing out. So when we had an early snowfall during operation of the plantation I jumped at the chance. I wanted to be the first person in the village to get the pilgrims (historic interpreters) setting up the houses for the day. Each house has a fireplace, which is used for heating and cooking. The interpreters rely on them for heat in the early months of the season. The staff has to stock each house with wood. They also feed the livestock .I positioned myself at the top of the village looking down hoping for a character to walk across the village. The fellow in the picture was coming from a wood storage rack walking in my direction to fill a house behind me with wood. I got off maybe 3 images before he passed. I also shot images of him feeding the cattle. I selected this image for the paper since we were just coming off a long winter. It made me think about living in 1622 in the dead of winter. One editor said it reminded him of a Dutch painting with all the dark features. I have to agree. The image was taken on a Nikon D1 with a 17-35mm zoom. ISO was 400. I had to tone down the sky a bit to balance with the white snow.