“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it ..”
~ Roald Dahl ~Artist Credit : Elaine Bayley
What can I say; it’s that time of year.
Everyone in the snow-belt is infatuated with the new white stuff—especially the first snows. By mid-January it’s quite the opposite. However right now in mid-December sparkling, glittering, puffy flakes seem simply magical and mesmerizing.
Looking out the window this morning before daylight I witnessed the grass below the yard light was covered in shimmering diamonds. At 14 degrees Fahrenheit, I do know those ‘diamonds’ are actually ice crystals formed when high humidity is trapped by fast dropping overnight temperatures. If you venture out now, your breath will form visible ‘clouds’ as it leaves your lips at these temps.
So to do anything outside at a crisp 14 degrees, you pack on twenty pounds of extra outerwear plus snow boots if the white stuff is more than an inch or so. That part is not quite so magical.
But you do so to put out birdseed and catfood to feed the yard’s residents who aren’t as enthralled by the winter ‘magic’ itself. (Or to have also provided hay and grain for the hogs, cattle, and horses of our past.)
None the less, the season’s natural gifts are still beautiful to behold—especially from inside a warm house.
P.S. … That is one HUGE rabbit! Must be the magical part.
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