window to your heart
black pupil with deep secrets
- calm late winter night
🌧️ #haiku #poem #poetry #micropoem #WindowFriday #inkshed #expressyourself #CreativeWriting #poets #writer #writing #poetcommunity #latewinter #night
#night #latewinter #poetcommunity #writing #writer #poets #creativewriting #expressyourself #inkshed #WindowFriday #micropoem #poetry #poem #haiku
Nipping wind,
Looking east.
Watery sky clawed by
Twig tangle and crow call.
Below me,
Crows swim through
The shimmer of branches.
#nature #crows #water #latewinter
Taken a couple of years back, but time and weather have conspired to prevent me catching any snowdrops this year. I'm hoping I can get out for the Daffs and crocuses though! #snowdrops #galanthus #spring #LateWinter #flower #wildflower #ShallowDepthOfField
#snowdrops #Galanthus #spring #latewinter #flower #wildflower #shallowdepthoffield
The fading snow moon. High above a late winter silent valley. The night.
#nature #moon #seasons #valley #mindfullness #latewinter
Many criticize following the Wheel of the Year, saying that it only represents a very small weather region around the world. But I think it is adaptable to where you live. For folks in the lower hemisphere, they have always flipped the meanings and did it their way.
If the Wheel doesn't resonate with you, then by all means, forget about it. But for the rest of us, adapting the rituals, food, and celebrations to what is actually happening in the wild space you occupy can make it relevant and enjoyable.
Imbolc is almost upon us. For my place in Canada, it occurs right after we have been tricked by January thaw into starting yard work and planning our gardens. Then, winter returns almost like clock work with plunging cold and more snow. But for me, Imbolc is like a faint promise of hope, the crisper sunshine, the longer evenings where the chickens daringly hold out to the last possible moment of dusk light before grudgingly turning into the safety of their coop.
Any lambs born this week in my area would have a very hard time of it, no doubt. But our cellars and still rooms have honey, dried herbs, cheese, and canned goods from the sunshine of the previous summer. These all combine into luscious foods to celebrate the affirmation of the return of the sun and growth already started deep in the earth.
So, I am making some quiche, planting some seeds and lighting some candles.
#imbolc #Cailleach #Brigid #spring #LateWinter #ritual #celebration
#imbolc #cailleach #Brigid #spring #latewinter #ritual #celebration
Pause...
#MTB #spring #latewinter #surreal
#MTB #spring #latewinter #surreal