3.29.2020

Stepping into a Fairy tale


I donned xc skis
and headed through the woods, meadows and hills 
the wilds around home


after an hour I arrived at a tangled forest along a creek
you know the kind of woods that you have to bend and twist to get through 

the limbs of trees and bushes
grab your hat and cloak each step of the way


along the waters edge
snow turned into geometry crystals


sacred geometry

it was layers and layers deep, perhaps a dozen layers 
of delicate yet strong sheets of these icy layers


a pile of flicker (woodpecker group) feathers were scattered on a log and snow
someone dinned in these shadowy woods


a lone wolf had passed the same path that morning


ice formations showed the beauty of branches in a unique way


upon return
I had the honor of holding a little junco until it felt well enough to fly away
after colliding with a window

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it truly felt like a fairy-tale day

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3.17.2020

Glimpses of a Creek Walk


beneath the milky ice
runs cold water
rocks nestled down for winter
(which is nearly spring)


flowing
frozen
nature's art
nature's life


recent snow
offers glimpses never seen before


artful offerings


pink bark!


in the shadowy darkness...... light


platinum beauty
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wishing you peace
calm
beauty 
from the inside out

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