Found some colour

Pictures of winter

Winter came down to our home one night
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again.
~ Bill Morgan, Jr.







Winter has arrived bringing with it chances to photograph frost and snow and ice.

Winter

Tracking the sun to the woods.
Tracking the creek under the fence.
Tracking the dog down the path.
Tracking the wildlife - chipmunks, rabbits, deer - and possibly bear - lol.
Tracking the coming of spring....

Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments,
embark upon a sentimental journey,
and enjoy every idle hour.
~ John Boswell

Winter Solstice

Our weekend was packed - cousin sleepover, birthday party, carrolling party, family breakfast, singing at our congregation's solstice service.
But by far however the most treasured of the events is our candlelight Winter Solstice walk by the river with our friends.


Yes friends the darkness wins, but these short days so celebrate light:
Today the lemon sunrise lasted a few hours until sunset,
all day the snow glowed pink and purple in the trees.
This is not a time of black and white, my friends, outside us.
Among us, too, let's sing what winter forces us to know:
Joy and colour bloom despite the night.
We measure warth by love , not degrees.
~ Patricia Monaghan

Snow in December

Seeds

dry seeds scatter
from my hand into the wind
one clings
as if to say there is in me
something yet to be
- Jeanne Emrich,

Seeds seen on various hikes this week.

Within the seed's case
a secret is held
Its fertile whisper
shapes a song
- Joan Halifax, Marrow