Winter Renewed

This week we had such beautiful weather, and yesterday was a little cool, but stiil pleasant.  But by the end of the day, snow was starting to draw its curtain over the world, and by morning, a thick white blanket had changed the landscape from brown and grey to pure white.  It reminded me of a haiku I wrote many years ago:

The sun warms the earth.

Flowers look up.  Is spring here?

But at night, snow falls.

American Tree Sparrow

A Mid-Winter Oasis

A Mid-Winter Oasis

The cold hard door of winter 

Rattles and groans under the weight of ice and snow

Until with a gentle hand, nudging, little by little,

Spring comes.

She taps quietly, insistently,

then eases the door open.

A ray of sunshine peeps in,

A fresh breeze laden with promise.

So brief, like a dream,

Then the door closes softly.

A warm day in mid-winter.