28 January 2025

In White

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Again...

  This time it came at night, joined with the cold for sparkling morning.
    Attired trees appear to have shaped the world of magic.
     Snow crystals are on the show,

        no bounces allowed... 

Mount Auburn : ... joined with the cold for sparkling morning...

Mount Auburn : ... attired trees...

Mount Auburn : ... appear to have shaped the world of magic...

Mount Auburn : ... snow crystals are on the show...

Mount Auburn : ... at every step of the way...

Mount Auburn : ... past the points...

Mount Auburn : ... under crowns...

Mount Auburn : ... no touches...

Mount Auburn : ... no bounces...

Mount Auburn : ... only the sunrays are allowed...


23 January 2025

Who Enjoys Winter ?

Habitat, Belmont, Massachusetts

Brings fresh breaths and silence,  
      with the notes of my own steps and Chick-A-Dee-Dee calls.

And then
  I turn my head to the side, and here they are,
    the eyes and the ears,
      with no questions, not a sign of fear, as if they know us well.

   Thank you for these looks...

Habitat : ... the eyes and the ears...

Habitat : ... no questions, not a sign of fear...

Habitat : ... thank you for these looks...

18 January 2025

and Then IT Comes

Broadmoor, Natick, Massachusetts

At another time, and another place.
  Young pines in white clothes, artfully curving their branches.
   Shaping the traits and spaces of beauty.

     So delicate.
 
       With the steps that stay behind...

Broadmoor : ... and then it comes...

Broadmoor : ... at another time...

Broadmoor : ... at another place...

Broadmoor : ... where young pines still keep some of the snow on their branches...

Broadmoor : ... with white caps...

Broadmoor : ... shaping the traits...

Broadmoor : ... and spaces of beauty...

Broadmoor : ... for a wanderer...

Broadmoor : ... so delicate...

Broadmoor : ... with the steps that stay behind...


08 January 2025

Missing

Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

 A touch of snow on the ground.
  Crunching crystals blending with the leaves.

   Winter music of the woods.
 
     A present that breaks the brownish silence into melodious walking... 

Estabrook Woods : ... a touch of snow...

Estabrook Woods : ... crystals...

Estabrook Woods : ... attracts the views...

Estabrook Woods : ... close to my boots...

Estabrook Woods : ... blending with the leaves...

Estabrook Woods : ... those crunching sounds...

Estabrook Woods : ... winter music of the woods...

Estabrook Woods : ... passing by the house...

Estabrook Woods : ... a present that breaks the brownish silence into melodious walking...


01 January 2025

... and Begins

 Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts

      amidst the eternal continuum...

Fresh Pond : ... amidst the eternal continuum...

31 December 2024

So IT Closes

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Or does it ?

Once in nature, the calendar loses its meaning.

Birds are not attuned to days, months, and years.
 These are just instants of time,
    and each instant is the seed that allows them to enjoy the living.
  
   This is what it is all about... 

Fresh Pond : ... an instant of time...

Fresh Pond : ... a seed...

Fresh Pond : ... of the joy of living...

Fresh Pond : ... in the magic of the present moment...

Fresh Pond : ... this is what it is all about...


23 December 2024

With the First Snow

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts

 When it arrives, I better be ready
  to watch the snow crystals in gracile descent on the leaves.
 
    So soft, so airy, as if coming to attune... 

Mount Auburn : ... when it arrives...

Mount Auburn : ... I better be ready...

Mount Auburn : ... to watch the snow crystals in gracile descent on the leaves...

Mount Auburn : ... so soft...

Mount Auburn : ... so airy, as if coming to attune...