Wreath

Symbolizing eternal hope, the wreath goes 'round and 'round, 

and where it starts or ends cannot be found,

Woven of things that grow -  for life, and hung for holiday delight,

the wreath must be left in place from Advent through Twelfth Night.

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Winter sunrise

There's an old saying:

Red sky at night
Sailors delight.
Red sky in morning
Sailors take warning.

This spectacular sunrise is beautiful, but leaves one with a sense of foreboding about what the weather has in store.

Christmas stitching

His eyes- how they twinkled!
His dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses,
his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth
was drawn up like bow,
And the beard on his chin
was as white as the snow;

From A visit from St. Nicholas

by Clement C. Moore

Merry Christmas

Snowflake

Snow on Snow

Mincemeat tarts

It's supposed to be bad luck to eat mince pies before Christmas Eve and after 12th night.

Oh, Oh!
I'm in trouble.

Pine Cones

One must have a mind of winter

To regard the frost and the boughs

Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;

from Snow Man

by Wallace Stevens

Christmas tree ornament

"When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness."

Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)

Bagpipes

Bagpipes and curling belong together.

Rockin' Santa

Jingle bell, Jingle bell, Jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
from Jingle Bell Rock 
by Joseph Carleton Beal

Winter walk

Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour.

John Boswell

Icicle

An icicle
     Lives in the winter
     Dies in the summer
     And grows with its roots upward.
           Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme

Inflatable Santas

Hey Nick!  Get up! Somebody's coming.

Santa Baby

What can I say?

Frosty morning

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Anton Chekov

November Fog

The sunbeams are welcome now.  They seem like pure electricity... .

From Winter Sunshine

by John Burroughs

Frosty sunrise

You can only come to the morning through the shadows.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Last days of Autumn

"Autumn ... the year's last loveliest smile."

William Cullen Bryant

First snow

The first snow is beautiful, no matter how little falls,
or how long it stays.

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

William Blake (1757 - 1827)

Wild asters

Asters have a flower meaning of patience, love, daintiness and good luck.

Carpet of leaves

"Twisting, turning through the air
Till all the trees stand stark and bare.
Exhausted, drop to earth below
To wait, like children, for the snow."
       from Leaves, by Elsie N. Brady

Last October sunrise

Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst.
From October
by Robert Frost.

Crooked tree

Happy 

Halloween!

Rose Hips

Next year's rose

Seagull

While I'm sure Nick Faldo was referring to the weather at a golf course when he made this statement, it could easily be said about today's wind:

"When it blows here, even the seagulls walk."

Frosty morning

I've been a dweller on the plains,
have sighed when summer days were gone;
No more I'll sigh; for winter here
Hath gladsome gardens of his own."

Dorothy Wordsworth (1771 - 1855)

A late autumn afternoon

"Come said the wind to the leaves one day,

Come o're the meadows and we will play.

Put on your dresses of scarlet and gold,

For the summer is gone and days grow cold."

A children's song from the 1800's

Fall daisies

Hardy little flowers
Like to children poor,
Playing in their sturdy health
By their mother's door:
Purple with the north wind,
Yet alert and bold;
Fearing not and caring not,
Though they be a-cold.

From Butterflies and Daisies

by Mary Howitt (1799 - 1888)

October morning on the river

 
Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.

Paul Cezanne

October rose

Photo taken at Fort Whyte today.

"There ought to be gardens for all months of the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season."

Sir Francis Bacon

Apple pie

Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
Jane Austen

Sidewalk chalk drawing

Sometimes we see beautiful images, and sometimes we know beautiful people.  Such a person was Richard who passed away earlier this week at the age of 56, of Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease.  He had a cheerful smile for everyone, and that's how I remember him.  When I came across this chalk drawing, I thought of him.

Wedding anniversary flowers

Tea cup flower arrangements made by my sister for my parent's 60th wedding anniversary

 

We are not the same person this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changed, continue to love a changed person.

W. Somerset Maugham

The face in the fencepost

There was a crooked man
and he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence
against a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat
which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together
in a crooked little house.
          Nursery Rhyme

Cows in the meadow

"Nice weather,"
     said the brown cow.
"Ah," said the white.
"Grass is very tasty."
"Grass is all right."
        from Cows
        by James Reeves

Toadstool

Under a toadstool 

      crept a wee elf,

out of the rain 

       to shelter himself. 

Nursery rhyme