Winter in the Northeast can be a raging blizzard or a peaceful Christmas Eve. It's also the season of darkness when fleeting glimpses of a pale sun wink on the horizon. A pervading silence can seem ominous in a wooded landscape muffled by snow. And, of course, the storm switch is flipped at rush hour to plunge motorists into slippery dilemmas. It was my hope to capture the capricious moods of Winter in this photo collection. Like any cruel mistress, she's beautiful AND deadly.