Rocks and Ice

cold 

winter days and nights

creating beautiful sights for our delight

icy shores to explore

nature's gems 

galore

floating

mini icebergs

poetry beneath the surface

~

Autumn's Paintings

Autumn has a signature 

within its' light and colors

dancing clouds 

move through the land

setting sun 

paints zenful lines

forest mushrooms

intertwine

lake shore captures fallen leaves

bear tracks

as fresh as the air i breathe

~
*

have the bears tucked themselves in

to a cave

or a tree 

I think it is still too warm here 

to hibernate

~

may you walk in beauty 

~

* 

Spring Equinox 2012

spring arrives slowly in North West Montana

there is a dance

much like a tango

back and forth between winter and spring 

it will be a month

or two before we see a wildflower

yet each day the snow retreats and the rings of earth around the trees grow larger

many of the days are shades of gray

making more evident where the inner spark of light 

of Spring

resides

in honor of the spring equinox

or autumn in other parts of the world

I offer you colored rocks

that remind me of both seasons

as I write the sun shines bright

tall trees dance in the wind

birds sing daily of arriving Spring
and our day nears it's end

~

lovely equinox to one and all

*

Running Eagle Falls, Montana

opening
to the splendor of our world
opens us to the splendor within

~

 Running Eagle Falls

near Two Medicine, Glacier National Park, Montana

notice the water flows from the top of the falls

and 

also there is a cave half way down the falls that water pours out of!