Yes the freezing water and snow cover provide their own brand of beautiful.
Though when chilled to bone in one’s own home
with wind chills a dozen degrees below zero
in both F and C
day after day… week after week…
Enough.
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appears as an event.
Ice builds up on rotting cedar.
Moss grows.
A single leaf blows in;
and stays just long enough
Now the wind and rain
rearrange everything.
No ice. No leaf. Just wet rotting cedar cedar.
Meeting over.
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continue to fascinate
my fovea. Why?
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in snow, on slopes, in deep space
so bitter cold
“…on the verge
of tears.” she said
“What can I do?” I thought
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December. Wisconsin.
This is where you’ll find ‘flora’
Ready to eat.
Or in the freezer.
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Leica M8, 75 mm Summilux
“what determines whether we feel
trapped or simply embraced
by our surroundings?”
the answer became clear
as I watched
the leaf hug the ice.
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still…
shifting… dripping…
frozen…
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and just too damn cold
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nothing quite like that
sound as it cuts through the ice
cold winter’s water
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gliding downstream
then suddenly
not
now frozen here
we await warmth
as everything else moves
below and above
us
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Leica R8/DMR, 60 mm Macro Elmarit