Showing posts with label cold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cold. Show all posts

Feb 1, 2015

The scarecrow silently points south


It is snowing here. We are in the midst of a winter storm. Yesterday the stores were packed with shoppers buying milk, bread, and cat food. Yes cat food.  



This morning we woke up to a blanket of snow and I thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to get out and see the snow in its unadulterated form. I was donned with heavy coat, boots, scarf, and gloves. Nothing but beauty could penetrate my cumbersome exterior. 



I went to the public garden and witnessed a sun flower burdened with snow, it bends over in submission, much like we do when the weather is pounding on us with all its fury. 



A  snow covered fence and a lamp post add beauty to barren branches that were once filled with green leaves and surrounded by flowers.  



It is during these times that makes me think of a place far away...where the birds fly every year. The scarecrow silently points south.