“He withers all in silence, and in his hand Unclothes the earth and freezes up frail life.” ~William Blake (1757-1827),...

“Pale January lay In its cradle day by day Dead or living, hard to say.” ~ Alfred Austin 

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common...

“I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci 

“Life and death are balanced as it were on the edge of a razor” ~ Homer

“January is here, with eyes that keenly glow, A frost-mailed warrior striding a shadowy steed of snow.” ~ Edgar Fawcett

“In this respect rosehips are the royals of the hedgerow with their vibrant red swellings, not only brightening up winter...

“How sweet to be a Cloud. Floating in the Blue!” ~ A. A. Milne

“Silently a flower blooms, In silence it falls away; Yet here now, at this moment, at this place, The world...

“Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.” ~ Matsuo Basho