P H O T O E S S AY Hey, let's not short the cold season, hard as it may be to step outside into it. Our contributing photographers certainly brave the elements, and are back with the beautiful proof. TOP: Snow drapes the falls of Big Branch in the New River Gorge of West Virginia. PHOTO BY ED REHBEIN ABOVE: Hay Kinda Day, on Jessee Farm, which is a Century Farm (over 100 years old), in Russell County, Virginia, in a section known as Green Valley, at the base of the Clinch Mountain. PHOTO BY PRESTON BALL PHOTOGRAPHY LEFT: First light paints the mountains near a wind-shaped oak on Max Patch in North Carolina. PHOTO BY LORI KINCAID JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020 41