Life In Ice

Night falls and

Curtains of ice drape the windows

Outside, feathers dance

a winter ballet

on a bone-chilling breeze

The tomb seals shut

Freezing anything

and everything that moves

Ice contains no future

Just the past, sealed away

Trapped in that moment

The ordinary becomes extraordinary

Diamonds appear out of nowhere

cut and polished

to perfection

Everything you know - 

transformed

Each precious moment -

captured

Ice

Changes the view

A world of ice

The story of life

Frozen in time

Winter Feathers

Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul

And sings the tune without the words

And never stops at all

And sweetest in the gale is heard

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little Bird

That kept so many warm

I've heard it in the chillest land

And on the strangest sea

Yet, never, in Extremity

It asked a crumb of me.

~ Emily Dickinson ~

Although the sun's heat is far away

The little birds that flit through the coldest days of winter

Keep me happy and warm.

Love Is In The Air

My usual parade of flower pictures

is being interrupted today

for a grand display

of love

~ tra-la-la ~

It took weeks (or maybe minutes) of courting

before she allowed him

to get this close

to her

In no time at all

I will be photographing

their adorable, misbehaving

flying toddlers.

I can't wait!