Frozen Tears of White
The midterm is behind me, and the assignment is passed in. My grades for both came back … and I somehow managed to keep my score in spite of everything. With that week behind me, the new one presented with a whole new set of challenges … a new (even gnarlier) assignment, a follow up with my brand new primary care, and trying to get caught up on what I hadn’t done last week …
Well …
I managed to get out and get my bloodwork done, and take care of a few other loose ends - and I was all set to go! However, the day before the appointment, it began to snow. We got reports of people dying on the roads because of the traveling conditions being so dangerous. Throughout the day, the snow looked more and more like a white sheet of lace flowing past my windows, and I wondered how well any of us were going to weather this one …
At about 1 AM, I sent off my last email, and started quietly playing some Enya on my lap top to fall asleep by, however it wasn’t too long before I had to shut it down, because we’d lost our electricity. The electricity was still off when I woke up in the morning, and as the time for my appointment drew near, I wondered if I would be able to get the car out of the yard … moot point, actually, since I wasn’t going anyplace without a shower anyway. So - I called the doctor’s office (they had power) and explained my situation. I have a feeling that I wasn’t the only one they’d heard from! The area had only isolated pockets of power … although the hospital and large medical buildings were apparently running on their own generators.
Since I couldn’t keep my appointment or log into my classroom, or … well, do much of anything at all, I decided to get bundled up, and go out into that frosty tableau and snap a few pictures. So, here is a new Snow Study I’d like to share with you …
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Wires and tree branches are weighted down underneath the silent snow. |
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The white is only broken by the silent sentinels lining the edges of fields. |
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The quick and the dead … equally hidden beneath the frozen blanket. |
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Surreal … silent … the colors of life are hidden. |
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The world silently sobs behind frozen tears of white … |
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Black and white … or shades of gray … it’s really all the same. |
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Do the golden fields of August exist in the same world as these vast vistas of white silence? |
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Winter is the time when life erases all of the colors … |
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April 6th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Aw, such extreme weather huh. I thought spring is in the offing. Well, nobody can predict nature. Beautiful photos, Moof!
Be well.
{{hugs}}
April 6th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
It snowed here today too …but it didn’t stick.
It looks like it’s Narnia where you are … have no fear .. Aslan is coming … soon!
April 6th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
What a bummer! I’ve been wondering how you were doing, assumed you were busy with school. This is too much, although it did produce some lovely photos for us. I’m sure you rebooked, like the good girl you now are.
Take care
jmb
April 7th, 2007 at 12:56 am
Beautiful pictures, even if the reality isn’t always so nice. At least you can enjoy the beauty later, in retrospect.
I don’t mean to pester you about this, but I’m not sure if you read my comment on a previous post of yours, where I pointed out it appeared the post had been “scraped”. It was the last comment, and just before you went in the hospital, so I’m afraid you might have missed it.
April 7th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Moof, I wish we could share our respective weathers, so that it would become bearable for both of us. It is sweltering here, and it is not yet summer !
April 7th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Terriffic pics and of top of that your great full size photos and then with a click back into your blog! Moof, you’re remarkable in the tricks discovering so many techniques in interisting features. Just hope that you’ll have better weather soon…
April 7th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Oh, Moof! Forgive the dying breaths of winter. Spring will be there soon. Your pictures are lovely!!! See what the snow has done to you — it has made you a poet and a sensitive photographer. Take care!
April 7th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
The pictures are beautiful Moof. I was checking in on you to see how you were doing. I sent you a little something via e-mail, but don’t think you received it. I’ve really got to upgrade. Best to you.
April 7th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Moof, the pictures are marvelous. Do your talents never end? I wanted to copy them onto my HP photo and imaging, but could not
figure out how to do that.
April 8th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Gorgeous, beautful pictures. I love the words you chose along side them, too.
Spring is coming soon!
Happy Easter :)
April 9th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Ipanema - thank you! The cold continues relentlessly here - it was 48 degree (F) in my bathroom this morning. Ahh … for the warmth of summer! ;o)
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Pk … if you see Aslan, tell him he’s LATE! *grin*
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JMB … *cough* … yes, I did. I go tomorrow. *blush*
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Wandering Author … yes, I did see that comment you posted previously, and I’ve noted the address, however I haven’t had time to do anything about it yet. I recently wrote to another scraper, and warned him that if he didn’t remove everything from Blogsplot.net domain from his server, that I would embarrass him publicly. He did.
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Lakshmi! Let’s TRADE! :o)
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Dr. Engel, thank you, my dear. I hope we’ll have warm weather soon too!!! *LOL*
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Ahh, Dr. Emer - you’re the one who’s a poet - and also a photographer! Your Sightseer blog amazes me. You’re an artist, my friend!
As for forgiving winter’s dying breaths - if only it weren’t a false death, to be repeated year after year, in the hope of springtimes which never last more than a heartbeat …
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Thank you Angel, for your words which are always tender and kind. You’re right, I didn’t get the email … the spam I receive causes me to lose quite a few that are legitimate, I’m afraid, and I never know about it unless someone asks …
Resend if you can - which something eyecatching in the subject line!
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Nora, my dear heart - I hope that you got my email. I’ve sent the photos - and lots more - by CD. It went out this morning. :o)
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Pattie, I’m hoping for Spring. We’re having some unusually cold weather right now, and we just have to be patient until it passes, I think. I hope your Easter was warm and happy! :o)
April 10th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Hi Moof,
I tried to resend something to you, but it just may not be going through. It was just something to cheer you, from your time spent in the hospital.
You might want to loan your photos to Doc Around the Clock. Check out the paintings he’s been doing over at his site. I bet he could do a beautiful job with winter scenes, as well. I hope he posts more of his works. Hope you are feeling well. Angel
April 10th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Those photos are splendid and beautiful.