Of Ice and Ink
Cold nights + Sunny days = Fabulous natural ice sculptures.
I came upon this fabulous wall of ice while out driving on an errand yesterday. These photos aren’t the best because I only had my phone with me, not my camera. I wish I could have captured the colour of the ice better.
The furthest ice chunk, on the left in both photos, was a beautiful shade of peacock blue.
The blue ice immediately reminded me of my favourite shade of Sheaffer ink: Peacock blue. I put that ink in the fountain pen I always used in high school. I wrote many an essay and short story in that ink.
Let’s see: Ice…ink…pen…writing…. I would’ve rather been writing than out driving, do ya think?
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The Great Muskoka Digout of December 09
Beginning with a storm from December 10 to the wee hours of the 12th, which looked something like this:
The weather resulted in scenes such as the front of my car looking like this:
That, of course, resulted in a massive dig out operation all over Muskoka. My little piece of the operation can be seen as this:
But the 80cm or so of snow that fell in 2 days left us with a postcard perfect view like this:
Just don’t walk in the bush without snowshoes.
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Who Hid the Honda?
Yes, my car is hidden under a wallop of snow. But even if I could find it, I can’t get out the driveway until our neighbour can get out of his with his tractor and blower. And even if I could get out the driveway, the OPP (cops) are telling everyone around here to just stay home already. Highways closed. Trains stuck. Tow trucks stuck. Lovely.
This is the THIRD snow day in a row. The kids are thrilled! We’ve managed to drink lots of hot chocolate. Electricity is a wonderful thing!!
But I’m hoping we can get out tomorrow. Because I lack the benefits of a pioneer root cellar, the pickings in the fridge are getting a bit slim.
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Welcome to Winter
Pines stand
limbs pinned
awaiting wind
to brush the weight
of winter white
from their boughs
to be bowed
no longer
Yes, winter has descended on my world with a whomp. Nothing…and then suddenly in 2 days about a foot of snow with more in the forecast. At least it waited till December this year. Nothing to do but use it as inspiration for a bit of spontaneous word play. Enjoy.
(photo and verse c Lizann Flatt)
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