Icy crystals
dazzling with delicate beauty
glow
in dawn’s warm rays
© Julie Rehnelt 2020
{Brrrrr} it’s cold here in Minnesota this morning! ❄ Currently, it’s -11 with a -28 windchill! Makes me grateful for a furnace, among other things…
Hope you have lots to feel grateful for today. Wishing you beauty and joy. And warmth!
✿~Peace & Love~✿
Frosty plumes dance on glass in a silent wintry ballet
Shades of silver and gray fall softly on my eyes
as I awake to a colorless morning without a sunrise
beauty still shines
© Julie Rehnelt 2019
Granted, it wasn’t quite this colorless this morning. 😉
Here’s the original…
I always like things better in color, but making it B&W seemed to go better with the poem. I don’t know, what do you think?
But omygosh you guys, I’m so grateful for some winter beauty – winter has not been too kind to me here lately, and I’m so weary…
Between shoveling seemingly non-stop for weeks and ice dams and leaking roofs, I’m about done with winter.
But even in the midst of difficulties, there’s still so much to be grateful for. And beauty still shines…
Wishing you beauty and light and things to be grateful for on this Monday!
✿~Peace & Love~✿
I open my eyes to the soft, pale light of winter’s lovely pastel palette
All is quiet
it’s just before dawn
There’s a sense of calm in the air
but also, of anticipation
Something wonderful is about to happen
Yes, a brand new day
filled with promise
I slide out from beneath my warm blankets, clothed only in dawn’s soft glow
Finding my robe, I gaze out the window
at snow covered branches bathed in the gentle hues of morning
In front of that window, is a sleeping kitty curled up in a chair
So sweet and cozy, I resist the urge to wake her with my show of affection
With pen in hand and coffee nearby, I write
and I wait
not actually waiting
My mind is empty, not thinking, just being, just absorbing and savoring all that this present moment offers
Multiple moments tick by, but I hardly notice the lapse of time
Soon I hear the quiet stirrings of loved ones awakening
Increasing light pours in through my window, although the sun still hasn’t quite yet risen over the horizon
Pastels gradually give way to an orange glow
sorbet colored clouds hang in a sort of suspended animation, slowed by the cold winter air
Floorboards creek in the next room
and increasing traffic sounds outside mingle with the sound of cartoons playing downstairs
The day has indeed begun
As the sun now explodes over the horizon bathing all the world in its golden light
I’m filled with deep gratitude
That I don’t have to hurry off to work today 😉
© Julie Rehnelt 2018
Sorry I don’t have a photo to share with this one, I was too ‘busy’ just being. Plus, there isn’t any frost on my windows this morning ~ apparently a windchill of minus 8 isn’t cold enough. 😉 I suppose I could have snapped a photo of my sleeping kitty, I haven’t shared any of her lately. Maybe next time…
Well thanks for reading. Happy Wednesday and keep warm ~ or cool, depending on the weather wherever you are today…
✿~Peace & Love~✿
Ramblings From Jewels 