On the other side of the door, there is a curtain of ice. It grows longer and more tangled everyday. Venture a bit further and there is a strange and wonderful fairytale thicket, dagger sharp and impenetrable.
On sunny days, the sound of falling ice crashing down from the eaves, keeps the cats and I from stepping out. Death by icicle.
Crystal bars on our fortress.
There's something else that's happening. Something in the air. The robins have gathered. A flock came through a few days ago. A few dozen. I couldn't believe my eyes. What does it mean? Will the backbone of winter break early this year?
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9 responses to “walk with me wednesday”
I hope so.
Crystal bars are hanging here too…beautiful with moonlight…
YAY for the robin. I am already DONE with winter. And, alas, it’s only January!
Oh, I hope, I hope!
Hmm….Icicle lace? A big bunch of ice crashed to the ground right at the foot of our front door last night. The pile of ice promptly froze solid under the new 6″ of snow that fell through the night and this morning.
My “walk with me Wed.” was behind the snow blower.
Thank the robins for their encouragement for me!
Beautiful! BTW, it’s “cats and me”.
Love those pictures.
The days are noticeably getting longer, I’m OK with this side of winter. Crisp Robin!
I find myself yearning for spring this year so badly. Not sure if it is the promise of warmer weather or the lure of the fiber festivals!
I have heard that some robins winter over if they have a food source. But nonetheless I take it as a good sign if I see a robin in the winter.
We have ‘who saw the first robin of spring the earliest’ competition every year within our family. Each year’s winner gets the robin traveling trophy which is a robin beanie-baby in a beanie-baby acrylic storage box.
I have a sister who keeps seeing a robin in February. The rest of us try to convince her it is a winter robin but she insists that she’s earned the traveling trophy.