Day 64 – Proudly in Winter
I wanted to feel less.To not be burdened by emotion,To not feel sadness,To not know loss.I envied the inanimate,The trees that stand proudly in winter,Not missing their leaves. ~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn
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I wanted to feel less.To not be burdened by emotion,To not feel sadness,To not know loss.I envied the inanimate,The trees that stand proudly in winter,Not missing their leaves. ~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn
“Keep your faith in beautiful things;in the sun when it is hidden,in the Spring when it is gone.”~ Roy R. Gibson
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ~ John Steinbeck,
“The color of springtime is in the flowers; the colour of winter is in the imagination.” ~ Terri Guillemets
To see a tree in winter is to see it for what it really is. A winter tree is an object so intricate and so perplexing that if it hadn’t already; been decided that winter […]
“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.” ~ John Burroughs
“January opensThe box of the yearAnd brings out daysThat are bright and clearAnd brings out daysThat are cold and greyAnd shouts, “Come seeWhat I brought today!”~ Leland B. Jacob
“In the bleak midwinterFrosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron,Water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow,Snow on snow,In the bleak midwinter,Long ago.” ~ Christina Rossetti
“In a way Winter is the real Spring – the time when the inner things happen, the resurgence of nature.”~ Edna O’Brien
“Timeless thoughts of a winter’s stare;eyes gazing over a landscape bare.Memories drift on a blustery breeze;dying light ushers in the freeze.”~ Michael A. Barron