A Stroll in the Garden

Frost is the greatest artist in our clime – he paints in nature and describes in rime. -Thomas Hood

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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

“Frost grows on the window glass, forming whorl patterns of lovely translucent geometry.

Breathe on the glass, and you give frost more ammunition.

Now it can build castles and cities and whole ice continents with your breath’s vapor.

In a few blinks you can almost see the winter fairies moving in . . .

But first, you hear the crackle of their wings.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“Willows bordered the path, like women bent in mourning, their branches shod in ice and brushing the soft white ground like strands of hair. Flowers and shrubs of every variety overflowed their beds, all of them white with frost, a world made of snow and glass, a garden of ghosts.” ― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

Remember the goodness of God in the frost of adversity. -Charles Spurgeon

“I run on a thousand chandeliers, as each blade sparkles with frost; a river of glass underfoot. It is as though the elements are reversed: sky is ground and ground is sky, and I am running on the pinheads of constellations, leaping from star to frosted star.” ― Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, The Grassling

“The world looks like something God had just imagined for His own pleasure, doesn’t it? Those trees look as if I could blow them away with a breath–pouf! I’m so glad I live in a world where there are white frosts, aren’t you?” ― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“At the darkest time of year, Lord Yule laid down his beard of snow and cloak of frost and ice to illuminate the gloom.” ― Stewart Stafford

It was a black and white day of frost, which crawled along the dark trees and outlined twig and branch. The air was misty, and distant objects assumed a mysterious importance. Slight sounds, too, suggested infinite activities to the mind.

(“A Tribute Of Souls”) ― Robert S. Hichens

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

See the world around you!

A Stroll in the Garden

“What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?” — John Steinbeck

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“A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.” — George R.R. Martin

“Thank goodness for the first snow. It was a reminder — no matter how old you became and how much you’d seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.” — Candace Bushnell

“Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.” — Ilka Chase

“With every falling flake, a unique spark of interest falls from heaven.” – Percy Miller

“The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.” — Joan Didion

“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.” — Vesta M. Kelly

“Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity.” – Novala Takemoto

“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.” — Sara Raasch

“Sunshine cannot bleach the snow, nor time unmake what poets know.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

See the world around you!

A Stroll in the Garden

We experienced our first winter snowstorm of the season.

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It knocked out our power for about 45 hours.

It wasn’t a hardship for Hubby and me. We did fine with the woodstove, the barbecue, and the gravity spring.

The transparent apple tree and well behind the house.

So I had a little fun and went outside with my camera and took a few photos of the snow as it was coming down.

And I went out early on the morning after and photographed the sunrise.

The view from the side yard of the house.

As the sun rose higher, and the clouds burned off, I took a few photographs of a beautiful day!

Two photos from the same viewpoint…one at sunrise, and one in full daylight. I love them both!

Clearly, there is no power flowing through this line!

The view from the front of the house.

Hubby drove off to town to charge our devices.

Life is good.

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

See the world around you!

February 2022 OMG Update

I did not make my February OMG goal.

Instead, Hubby and I drove across the state to visit our son and his fam.

I did get some sewing accomplished before making this unexpected trip, but I have no photos of it.

We had a gorgeous day for traveling!

As we were crossing Snoqualmie Pass, I snapped a few quick photos with my camera phone.

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Hubby is driving back home to deal with some plumbing issues (lucky him) and I am staying here (I think I am luckier).

So no project progress photos for awhile, and that is okay.

Enjoy your families!

Stay healthy!

Stay safe!

A Stroll in the Garden

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

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“Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness.”
― Mary Oliver

“Draco’s like… snow,” said Hermione quietly, her gaze absent and distracted. “It’s cold and cruel to begin with, but it’s somehow beautiful, and you miss it when it’s not there. And if you hold it in your hands close enough and long enough, it changes. It melts.” ― Bex-chan, Isolation

“…there’s just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you’re special, even though you know you’re not.” ― Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I’m Home

“The snow was endless, a heavy blanket on the outdoors; it had a way about it. A beauty. But I knew that, like many things, beauty could be deceiving.” ― Cambria Hebert, Whiteout

“I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops.” -Nikki Giovanni

“Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour.” -Attributed to John Boswell

“You wake up on a winter morning and pull up the shade, and what lay there the evening before is no longer there–the sodden gray yard, the dog droppings, the tire tracks in the frozen mud, the broken lawn chair you forgot to take in last fall. All this has disappeared overnight, and what you look out on is not the snow of Narnia but the snow of home, which is no less shimmering and white as it falls. The earth is covered with it, and it is falling still in silence so deep that you can hear its silence. It is snow to be shoveled, to make driving even worse than usual, snow to be joked about and cursed at, but unless the child in you is entirely dead, it is snow, too, that can make the heart beat faster when it catches you by surprise that way, before your defenses are up. It is snow that can awaken memories of things more wonderful than anything you ever knew or dreamed.” ― Frederick Buechner, Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale

“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

Stay safe. Stay healthy.

See the world around you!