And yes, we have seen colder temperatures, actually much colder. However today is the coldest day for this year. The wind and the air simply take your breath away.
I went outside for a little fresh air at dusk and noticed the magnificent beauty of this winter's dusk sky. I hurriedly picked up my camera and took the photo before everything changed.
The stark beauty of winter never ceases to amaze me. So here is a toast to Winter and all the creatures that lie under the tundra waiting for spring. We, too, bury ourselves in cozy fires, good books, homemade soup, and pots of tea, for we are not fooled or tricked into thinking spring will come early.
Enjoy this splendid beauty for it also only comes once per year.
Until tomorrow.
Keep me from going to sleep too soon
Or if I go to sleep too soon
Come wake me up. Come any hour
Of night. Come whistling up the road.
Stomp on the porch. Bang on the door.
Make me get out of bed and come
And let you in and light a light.
Tell me the northern lights are on
And make me look. Or tell me clouds
Are doing something to the moon
They never did before, and show me.
See that I see. Talk to me till
I'm half as wide awake as you
And start to dress wondering why
I ever went to bed at all.
Tell me the walking is superb.
Not only tell me but persuade me.
You know I'm not too hard persuaded.
Robert Frances
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