Alone in the Woods

Knowing the temperature will soon be in the low teens,

I wanted to take a walk in the field and woods.

This is the bridge that leads to the field,

my foot prints weren't the first to be left in the snow.

Heading toward the woods, I pass this bamboo, which is still green from summer.

Even on a cold winter day this globe and dried grasses seem to warm the field.

The woods however have a cold, lonely, but yet peaceful look to them.

Well, that is until you spy something like this.

Deep gashes in the tree's bark!

As I walk on, holes made by nature turn into

eyes starring back at me.

Here!

There!

Almost!

Everywhere!

It seems you are never alone in the woods -

Especially in the summer, but somehow that's different!

Alivia on same hill!

Bright and Dramatic!

The sky and view was a dull gray this morning, because of the fog.

Yesterday's sunrise had colored the sky very bright with red and lavender hues.

Later that evening at sunset, the sky was still very bright and dramatic.







What do I have in common with yesterday's sunrise, with it's
bright red and lavender colors
and with yesterday's sunset,
so bright and dramatic ?



Well, with the arrival of Alivia and her arsenal of
pink, red, and lavender fingernail polish,
things turned very bright and dramatic around here -




especially for me!

Deceiving Sunrise

There are some mornings when the sunrise reflects off our dinning room

table and gives us a sense of warmth and a tropical feeling to the room.

But that sunrise, that creates that warm glow can be a very

deceiving sunrise.

Because-

we still have 24 degree mornings and snow on the ground,

with birds picking at stray seeds below the feeders -

with squirrels taking turns at the heated water fountain -

with Northern Flicker woodpeckers.





It's called winter! Our field even looks cold and lonely.





Same field, but

warmer times and visitors!

More Snow Please

The beginning of January gave us freezing rain

and left the trees glistening in the sun.

Then it snowed just a little-

only to be washed away by rain. Now it's snowing again today,

but still it's not white enough for me.

If it's going to snow, I want it like this, with birds in the bushes

and the branches of the trees-

waiting patiently their turn at the bird feeders.

More snow please.