Winter Rocks and Ice

 tiny islands

floating

catching my eyes

my heart

 ice cloaking

dripping

bubbling

 formations exquisite

tiny islands

floating

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Yea, Sunshine

the sun drenched life in winter warmth today

entirely unusual for February

48F

we all take note at the lack of snowfall and cold days

 

wondering what nature is up to

 and look at this unusually shaped conk!

nature wants us to have a double dose:

ending with magical light

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Like Tide Pools

days are warm

snow is melting

dripping from the roof

landing on ice cloaked earth

what do i spy

like an anenome

from the sea

mimicking 

far off universes

right before my knees

continuing to be delighted

by ice

a never before seen find

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A Grace of Snowflakes

 yesterday it did not snow

yet we were given a grace of snowflakes

(above they are on the surface of my frozen creek)

I have never seen frost grow like this, never

and note the one like a hand holding a snowflake

 they landed on my wooden steps

 upon my car's windshield

 the day before we had a different expression of ice crystals

like roses

one clear evening 

the sky touched our hearts

tomorrow is Imbolc:

Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring

here it does not feel like spring

yet the days are getting longer

in 4 weeks time

  most often i will not need to plow snow again

so i will enjoy these winter days

until spring begins to grace our lives

 

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