quiet
December 31st, 2011 § 45 Comments
alone in the woods
on this late december day
in the freeze-dried air,
snowflakes dance and disappear
into the utter stillness
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December 31st, 2011 § 45 Comments
alone in the woods
on this late december day
in the freeze-dried air,
snowflakes dance and disappear
into the utter stillness
I just love ‘freeze-dried air’. You nailed it dead on! Your photo is great with the poem. A freeze-dried leaf!
Thanks! Don’t you just love those days when the snow comes down all day, and the ground is still bare at night?
Perfect! The image says it all.
The beech leaves were even quiet yesterday. Come to think of it, I was the loudest thing in the woods.
This IS perfect – both the picture and poem.
Such a nice moment!
Going for a quiet walk in the woods sounds very renewing.
A good way to spend the last few days of a year, as well, I think.
Brenda
Yes, I love to get out, and will take advantage of the bare ground as much as I can. I used to use snowshoes, but have given that up in the
last few years.
The perfect words to describe the woods on a quiet winter day…and lovely photo of the beech leaf.
Thanks, Kateri. Are you finding time to get out walking in the morning with the new job?
Happy New Year to you and your husband.
Your words and the simplicity of the leaf image communicate “stillness” so beautifully, sandy.
Cait, as an outdoor person, I know you have been there. It was the kind of stillness that you almost can see.
Very nice! The leaf looks like a cocoon hanging from a branch.
Happy New Year!
I love the beech trees in winter. The leaves curl into artistic shapes, and play their winter songs.
How blissful.
Wishing you a Very Happy New Year Sandy. All the very best.
The same to you! I hope you and your camera have a wonderful 2012!
It looks like a cocoon, Sandy. Beautiful and peaceful. Quiet time to think–who could ask for more?
Happy New Year!
I do seem to have the best thoughts in the woods. This tanka, infact, began there.
A wonderful 2012 to you, Talon.
I feel the stillness, Sandy. Such a perfect picture to go with a beautiful poem. Happy new beginnings to you!
Ahh! Just wonderful. I’m writing a piece about beech presently. Such a fascinating part of the forest!
What a sublime photo! And gorgeous words… I can feel the stillness.
I was one of those quiet before the storm days. Besides, it was freezing cold.
Quiet you’ve said it and shown it and wow, it’s lovely still///
we have mountains of snow….go figure
I am sure we will eventually, so I am enjoying being able to move around freely, now.
no freeze dried air or dancing snowflakes here and that’s perfectly fine with me. hope you have a photo filled 2012!
Didn’t you have a whomper of a winter last year?
This is very good imagery, Sandy. It very much captures our state of winter right now. Happy New Year to you and D.
Hey, I remember that you have those chinook winds that take away your snow on and off all winter. We had the January Thaw, here. But so far there is nothing to melt.
Hello Sandy, I’ve been thinking of you, wondering how your woods and garden are looking at this sleepy time of the year. The leaf photo is a visual metaphor. Happy 2012 to you and David!
I will post a couple of shots from the herb garden on my other blog tomorrow. So far, so good. The rosemary is still alive. I read that the upright variety is more apt to overwinter, as long as the roots are protected.
This is beautiful in every way Sandy – it captures just how I feel at this time of year.
With lots of good wishes for 2012
K
Thanks so much, Karen. I am looking forward to seeing your garden in the spring. Did you know, I steal ideas from you??
… Though no snow at our pond… the ‘freeze dried air’ was there, I reflect! Burr-tiful! _m
I thought it was cold that day! Tonight is even colder, and with wind.
Oh, wonderfully done post!
So enjoyed it, sandy!
Thanks! Good to hear from you.
the beautiful photo perfectly complements the words!
Have a very happy new year!
Juliet
Crafty Green Poet
http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com
You too, Juliet! I hope this is an exciting year for you.
Hi Sandy! Based on this photo, I conclude you haven’t moved to Colorado (yet?)… Just wanted to say hi…
Good to hear from you! Heck no, not yet!
Hi Sandy
I loved the poem but I really wanted to say that I thought the photo was magnificent you really made a simple leaf into an exceptional image.
Guy
I am seeing lots of things this winter that don’t usually show up. This leaf was one of them.
lovely,love the quiet.
The photograph is perfect. The poem is perfect. The day described was perfect. What a quiet, true, gentle poem.
like this one a lot!
Beautiful photo and poem…..I love it, Sandy!
beautiful!