"Winter is a season that sparkles with magic and transforms our ordinary world into a glittering kingdom"- Abi Elphinstone"I like these cold, grey winter days.." - Bill Watterson
"Christmas isn't just a day..." -Valentine Davies
"Christmas. It brings people together while time stands still...." -Rachel Cohn
"Snow always makes me think of ice cream..." -Jane Wilson-Howith
"This is the message of Christmas....we are never alone...." -Taylor Caldwell
"Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night..." -Novala Takemoto
"Every snowflake I caught was a miracle unlike any other...." -Alice Hoffman
"Christmas is a tonic for our souls...." - B.C. Forbes
"Snow is covering us. Close your eyes and sleep. Close your eyes and dream. This is one story. There will be another...." -Jeanette Winterson
"Winter is not just a season, it is a celebration.." -Anamika Mishra
"The earth has grown old , with its burden of care, but at Christmas it is young...." -Phillips Brooks"Sometimes I would like to be a child again...." - Deirdre Sullivan
"All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost. The old that is strong does not wither. Deep roots are not reached by the frost...." -J.R.R. TolkienPhotographs 2021 Christmas Week
"She decided to free herself, dance into the wind,create a new language. And the birds fluttered around her,writing "yes" in the sky...." - Monique Duval
Seasons are changing. The birds have started gathering again . A Flicker and his mate with rose coloured cap...
Stellar Jays eating peanuts like they're going out of style
The beautiful female Flicker. I have never seen her before.
And the male. Stuffing himself with suet without sharing any with her!
"In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence..." -Robert Lynd
The orange flushed Varied Thrush. Looks like a chubby robin.
The eagle on the power poles.
"When the Sun of compassion arises darkness evaporates and the singing birds come from nowhere...." -Amit Ray
And the Thrush.............
Warbles...
Purple Finch.
And the Flicker shoves in as much suet as possible
While the female waits her turn.
Eventually she kicked him out.
"Somewhere a bird sang. Its chant hanging plaintive and melancholy in the air..." -Jane Johnson
And off they flew. Into the dusk.
While the Jays splashed in the bath....
Ate some seeds and wondered where all the peanuts had gone. Were more coming?
"Birds are the eyes of heaven....." -
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Towehee
Photographs 2020
Spencer
"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields.....covers them up till summer comes again?" -Lewis Caroll
(Alice's adventures in Wonderland)
"Snow was falling , so much like stars..." - Mary Oliver
"Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night...."
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― Novala Takemoto
"There's just something beautiful..." -
― Carol Rifka Brunt,
"Winter is putting footsteps in the meadow.." - Roman Payne
"Thank goodness for the first snow.." ― Candace Bushnell
"The hollowness was in his arms, and the world was snowing.." -
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
"If snow melts down into water, does it remember being snow?" -
― Jennifer McMahon
"A small and sinister snow was coming down....."
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Edward Gorey, Floating Worlds:
"Morning broke without a sun..." -
― John Greenleaf Whittier
"It snowed all week..." - Truman Capote
"The wastes of snow were ghostly in the moonlight..."
― Maud Hart Lovelace
"Snow had fallen during the night. It covered everything as far as the eye could see..." ― Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day
Photographs 2020
Towehee
Spencer
