SUNDAY VERSES #13

3 WINTER HAIKU

Winter ice on trees
glitters like festive tinsel
under morning sun

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When days are shorter
fiercely blows the winter wind
piling snow in drifts

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Frigid air on skin
Persistent chill burrows deep
Winter wet and cold

ice and fog

ICE AND FOG 1
ICE AND FOG 2
ICE AND FOG 3

I’m looking at clouds from the inside and asking questions in a world of blue.   Floating in the icy ether of wonder and amazement. I feel the cold harshness of ice yet am comforted by the blanket of fog wrapped around my body and soul, satisfied by the question when the answer eludes me.

The song Sung by Julee Cruise, Questions In A World Of Blue from the TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME film soundtrack.   Written by master song stylist Angelo Badalamenti.  A beautiful song of loss.   The musical essence of saudade.  Like ice and fog.   

a song for the rest of the year

Looks like we will have snow for Christmas here in Ohio.   I honestly can’t remember the last time we had a white Christmas.   Well with everything going on this past year the holidays are somewhat melancholic.   One of my favorite “mood” singers is Julia Fordham.   Here is her song DECEMBER 24TH originally from a 1995 compilation album Winter Fire & Snow: Songs For The Holiday Season that featured various artists from around the world.

The lyrics will take you through the rest of this year into the new year.  Enjoy. 

“just goes to show ya, just goes to show ya, none of us have time to waste….you don’t always get back what you give”

In Winter Snow Is Beautiful

SNOW BLOSSOM MC 1

Since Winter has long been a favorite time of year – because this old bear enjoys hibernation – and I had “need” to go out and see what snow cover there might be – I decided to head out this morning, with my camera,  as the sun rose slowly in a clouded sky.   I went to one park where I’ve been spending a lot of time the past few months and I went someplace I’ve never been to in Winter.   And since the Winter Solstice is just around the corner I decided to post a couple of snow photos of the place I’ve never been to in Winter.  Over the Summer and fall this location is used as a popular outdoor music venue and is also the site of an outdoor theater where plays are staged over the warmer months.   The areas you see in the photos would be the grassy fields where cars park and concert goers would then walk to the main venue.     The music venue has hosted all the major rock and pop acts over the years.   I’d seen a few shows here but ticket prices were normally out of my budget.  I actually prefer it as you see it here – empty.   Never really got used to the large drunken crowds that tended to populate these events.    So enjoy my version of “winter fest” at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.  

SNOW BLOSSOM MC 2
SNOW BLOSSOM MC 3

God’s Nail Clipping

I have no idea when this started – probably in college – but every time I see a crescent moon I think of god clipping “his” nails and those nail clippings flung out into space. LOL
Gods Nail Clipping