yes, I just sent a post off yesterday with pics of ice flowers on our window panes. Reminded me of the human condition and our need to hold contradictions together :-)
o i live that--and isn’t it a perfect description of the ice on windows? I read it like think long ago in the moomin books by Tove Jansson whom i just love and i was like--that’s it! ❄️ 🍃
I was drawn into your post from a restack of your 'ice ferns' sentence, which I immediately adored. And, upon reading your post, I now also adore the pictures to go along with it. I am often enamored of ice and I will now carry the beautiful description of 'ice ferns' with me when I look at it.
Mandelstam! That poem is so utterly Russia. Took my breath away remembering a rickety bus I took from Vladimir to Suzdal across flat, snow-covered expanses broken by groves of quaking aspen.
What a lovely way to bring to life the beauty of this time of year, which I love, these poems all together like the unexpected Canada geese I saw still on the river a couple weeks ago when I was looking for muskrats, incongruous and joyful.
I am so in love with that Mandelstam collection that Wiman translated--stunning, each one. Amazing to find poems that write about experiences we had--we thought we were alone, and then wow! I remember that!
Say hello to the geese for me--look forward to their return in the spring! ;)
Hola , Tanto Las Palabras Aquí Escritas , Como Sus Excelentes Fotografías , Animan Al Espectador A Que Disfrute , De Éste Periodo Invernal. Un Saludo , Feliz Navidad Y Próspero Año Nuevo 2024.
Absolutely love these images. Thinking of old etched panes now, and how this was the very effect those artisans were trying to achieve. Nothing can do it better than nature.
lovely! Has some one explained yet why all the different ice drawings, sometimes stars, sometimes ferns, sometimes flowers?
It’s really magical stuff isn’t it? ❄️
yes, I just sent a post off yesterday with pics of ice flowers on our window panes. Reminded me of the human condition and our need to hold contradictions together :-)
o i live that--and isn’t it a perfect description of the ice on windows? I read it like think long ago in the moomin books by Tove Jansson whom i just love and i was like--that’s it! ❄️ 🍃
I was drawn into your post from a restack of your 'ice ferns' sentence, which I immediately adored. And, upon reading your post, I now also adore the pictures to go along with it. I am often enamored of ice and I will now carry the beautiful description of 'ice ferns' with me when I look at it.
“One benefit of an older house is that at those temps, ice ferns grow silently and abound on windows.” Gorgeous!
Yes! Thank you! All of this was so calming, so unexpected (I'm new to your stack) and so beautiful. Thank you for this collection. xo
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Mandelstam is in the air! Thank you Ann for this exquisite compilation of images -- pictorial and poetic.
The winter haiku! The photos! Mary Oliver! 🤍🤍🤍
Oof, goodness, this is all so great. ❤️
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This brought me so much joy today!!! Thank you for the beauty you sent! Xoxox
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Mandelstam! That poem is so utterly Russia. Took my breath away remembering a rickety bus I took from Vladimir to Suzdal across flat, snow-covered expanses broken by groves of quaking aspen.
What a lovely way to bring to life the beauty of this time of year, which I love, these poems all together like the unexpected Canada geese I saw still on the river a couple weeks ago when I was looking for muskrats, incongruous and joyful.
I am so in love with that Mandelstam collection that Wiman translated--stunning, each one. Amazing to find poems that write about experiences we had--we thought we were alone, and then wow! I remember that!
Say hello to the geese for me--look forward to their return in the spring! ;)
I will, though they shouldn't still be here! It's too warm and hardly any snow. :(
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That Mary Oliver poem is wonderful. Being up north in Alaska right now sounds wonderful.
I love it too--so perfect in re-thinking the joys of winter, the quiet hush of snow. ❄️
Hola , Tanto Las Palabras Aquí Escritas , Como Sus Excelentes Fotografías , Animan Al Espectador A Que Disfrute , De Éste Periodo Invernal. Un Saludo , Feliz Navidad Y Próspero Año Nuevo 2024.
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Absolutely love these images. Thinking of old etched panes now, and how this was the very effect those artisans were trying to achieve. Nothing can do it better than nature.
YES! I agree. ❄️
Beautiful photos capturing the essence, of everything. Beautiful words also from wonderful wordsmiths to accompany. Thank you.
Happy New Year Freya. ❄️
to you too Jo! Hope the sun is being good to you in the southern hemisphere! ☀️
Freya, thank you.
Lovely words and beautiful images as I turn the lights out on this new year's first day.
Looking forward to more from that wonderful mind of yours in the coming year.
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