“it looked like the world was covered
in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”
― sarah addison allen
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image credit: arthur rackham
Sep23
Tag Archives: seasons
Aug31
“summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” ― william shakespeare
living in a college town
the signs of summer’s close
are always clear
and
it’s good to see
the students are back in session
making their transition
with a
float down the river kind of day.
Jun5
my crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy. – william shakespeare
and so it began
another summer
had arrived
and
it was kicked off
in a larger than life way
with
martha reeves and the vandellas
giving a free concert
outisde on the street
and
it brought people of all kinds together
to
dance in the streets
and
sing
and
remember
and
celebrate
the season
and later
i had the chance to see
my co-worker from school
in a very different role
acting in a
powerful production
of one of my favorites
‘rent’
held in a beautiful old theater
with voices booming and tears flowing
and i couldn’t have asked for a better way
to be welcomed into summer
but with music and passion.
May1
blow trumpet, for the world is white with may. – alfred, lord tennyson
may in michigan
Mar20
welcome home, spring.
“is the spring coming?” he said.
“what is it like?”…
“it is the sun shining on the rain
and the rain falling on the sunshine…”
― frances hodgson burnett, the secret garden
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image credit: etsy.com
Mar15
almost.
it was one of those march days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold:
when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.
– charles dickens
Mar1
wintering.
even the fairies
have settled in
for a long
winter’s nap
still tucked in
covered
by
a soft
blanket of snow
with
just
a
lemon feather
and
a few
festive trappings
above
reminding us
of
the spring
below
and
yet
to come.
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“perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath,
for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me.”
– anne morrow lindbergh
Feb25
write about winter in the summer. – annie dillard
and for now a word
of summer’s day in winter
gold and welcoming.
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image credit: earthporn
Feb18
smiling.
“despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” ― lilly pulitzer
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photo credit: faerie magazine
Feb2
to be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. ~george santayana
once in a while
there are those perfect days
when holidays collide
today is one such day
groundhog’s day
and
an official snow day from school
a surprise gift from the universe
and i will celebrate both
“today is “ground-hog’s day” in many parts of the united states,
and candlemas day in many other parts of the world.
from time immemorial,
it has been a critical day in the affairs of the weather.
the character of the second of february is
really of much more importance
than whether the first of march comes in like a lion or a lamb.”
the simplest form of the adage is:—
if candlemas day be bright and clear,
there’ll be two winters in that year.
~hartford courant, 1877
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image credits: genuinemudpie.org, brownie groundhog, the february fox, by susan blackaby
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