This Friday's ramble (alas) is with shovel in hand and hood up against the dense curtain of tumbling white stuff beyond the windows. For all that, the day is a fine one, mild and gray of sky, heavy snowfall draping everything in sight. Rooflines and eaves and gutters - all the edges and corners of the village have been rounded off and smoothed, burnished to cursive oceanic perfection.Can the day's white stuff be classified as columns, needles, dendrites or rimed snow? I haven't a clue which of the four categories of snow I am moving about, but the snowfall has a way of muffling all sounds in the village, and the world is a magical place, all pristine and flowing and hushed. To this lurching and fumbling follower of the Way, such a day is as lovely as a winter woodblock image by Kawase Hasui or Tsuchiya Koitsu.
If I were out in the woods right now, I would be able to hear the snow falling among the trees, but there are signs and wonders here too.
3 singing pebbles:
Cate, we are in the midst of the greatest heat wave in recorded history in the place I live. There have three consecutive days of above 44Cand yesterday it was 45.3C. Railway lines have buckled, power transformers have blown up, trees have wilted temporarily, bush fires rage in both urban and rural areas. We are in the midst of an odd drought as well, and for a month have had no rain.
Yet, in many ways it has a beauty of its own. I still feel as if Mother Earth is holding us in her hands with tenderness, encouraging us to listen to the ways she wants us to live.
The way you and others live and appreciate the beauty of each moment, respectful of the environment in which you live, is an inspiration to me to do the same in my daily life.
This latest picture is so graceful and transforming in its own quiet way.
dear cate~so beautiful!
I'm smiling because I'm still with ya ;o)!
http://prairiestar.blogspot.com/2009/02/wonderings-about-snowing.html
Sending much love, warmth and healing thoughts your way this fine afternoon, dear one. I looked outside awhile ago and noticed 3 daffodils! Indeed it won't be long now.
Much love.
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