Friday 29 November 2013

Icicle








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

Wednesday 20 November 2013

Frosty morning











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

Monday 18 November 2013

November Fog

















The sunbeams are welcome now.  They seem like pure electricity... .
From Winter Sunshine
by John Burroughs

Sunday 17 November 2013

Frosty sunrise





You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
J. R. R. Tolkien





Tuesday 12 November 2013

Last days of Autumn







"Autumn ... the year's last loveliest smile."
William Cullen Bryant

Saturday 9 November 2013

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)

Friday 8 November 2013

Wild asters













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

Sunday 3 November 2013

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

Friday 1 November 2013

Last October sunrise


















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