Ice crystals

 

                when the sun peaks over the tall conifer forest and spreads light throughout my little hollow

 

sparkles of ice crystals that grew through the night light up the world

 

winter becomes a magical realm of sparkly crystals

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Winter Outing

the winds blew

 creating waves on the lake

surface ice shattered into snow clad islands

in a similar way

artful ice formations came to life

it was a beautiful day at Lake McDonald

I was missing our colorful rocks

so beautiful when under ice and water

this day we were under storm warning

for clouds, snow and big winds

instead we were given a blue sky day

a perfect way to share my birthday with friends

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Walking on Water

on the first day of the year

we walked

on frozen water

this narrow canyon

is actually a creek

under this snow

is ice

and under the ice

is flowing water

we could hear it singing 

as it wandered downstream

our journey took us

to frozen waterfalls

with trees high above

the waterfalls had space to walk behind them

a bit magical to experience

water still flowed here and there

adding to the artful forms of ice

after shared snacks and drinks

we turned and wandered back

through the crevice

across another creek

up through a snowy forest

and 

to our cars

 

a wonderful way to begin 

2017

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Wishing You

I laid this cloth on my steps

for snowflakes to land on

they are so tiny today

little gems of ice

along the road 

i spied a grouse

it might be hard to see

this is our road to home......

winter flowers

something nostalgic about old barns in their winter cloak

a forest walk

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Wishing you a marvelous 2016!

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