Tag Archives: seasons

today is the day.

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happy solstice

“do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it?

i always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it!”

-f. scott fitzgerald, the great gatsby

 

 

 

 

image credit: google images

on earth day.

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when beautiful seasons join hands

early morning, late april, michigan, usa, earth

 

“the poetry of earth is never dead.”

-john keats, from ‘on the grasshopper and cricket.’

burnin’.

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yep, you read that right

perfect balance

exactly 12 hours of daylight

and

i’m not going to miss a second of it. 

 

“we’re burnin’ daylight!”

-john wayne

march.

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phil.

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puxatawny phil with some other (less famous) celebs.

it’s his big day, and one of my favorite fun holidays

no matter what he predicts

about the coming of spring

(*not sure about his accuracy)

 i love his spirit. 

 *the national climatic data center compared U.S. national temperatures from 1988 to 2012 to determine the accuracy of Phil’s predictions, and he’s only been proven correct 39% of the time — significantly worse than chance.

unbroken unity.

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nothing like the feel of

walking on a lake of solid ice

remembering how it felt

swimming in its warm water

pure magic

“in the arctic, the inuit say water and land are the same;

they’re an unbroken unity.

in the winter, you travel on the ice because it’s the linkage and the easiest way,

and in the summer, you move around on the water.”

*-john ralston saul

 

 

*John Ralston Saul (born 1947) is a Canadian writer, political philosopher, and public intellectual. His work is known for being thought-provoking and ahead of its time, leading him to be called a “prophet” by Time and to be included in Utne Reader’s list of the world’s leading thinkers and visionaries.

icicle.

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spring is almost here

 nine weeks away seems so close

 that i can hear it. 

“music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water.”

-henry williamson

image credit: 123rf.com

the shortest day.

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 “they who sing through the summer must dance in the winter.”

-italian proverb

 

here’s to the winter solstice

 

image credit: Jana Vashti 

from green to gold.

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 one of my favorite author’s

 beautiful words

about my favorite season

as we slip from summer into autumn

the sunday.

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august is the sunday of summer.

-author unknown