“… A lofty place he does not love,
But sits by choice, and well at ease,
In hedges and in little trees…
and there he sings
Till all the field with pleasure rings …”
~Henry Van Dyke
Dashing through the snow
“The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.” ~Margaret Bourke-White
Icicles
“Winter giveth … the trees so old, their beards of icicles and snow.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Looking out across the fields
White, blue and brown bands
Sprawling out across the view –
Smooth stripes of color.
One lonely tombstone
“Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.” ~Billy Sunday
Wild geese
… Something told the wild geese
It was time to fly,
Summer sun was on their wings,
Winter in their cry.
~Rachel Field
Quiet reflection
“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” ~Peter Drucker
Silence
“It was entirely silent and I tried to breathe its peace.” ~Sebastian Faulks
Leaves of a summer gone by
…Beauties of yesterdays
That once gave so much
Now in period of grays
Can still our heart touch
~Peter S. Quinn
Icy
… Hail and ice, and ice and hail,
Water frozen in the pail.
See the robins, brown and red,
They are waiting to be fed.
Poor dears, battling in the gale!
Hail and ice, and ice and hail.
~Katherine Mansfield
walking on a country road 