Earlier this morning, a sleety rain was falling when I walked out back to make a picture of the empty fairy garden patch. In the hour since then, the sleet has turned to tiny flakes of snow. and ice The damp cold will be with us for the next few days, along with a Winter storm that sent JT back up north back a day early so as to beat the snow that will also arrive in his corner of New England.
Winter is here.
The fairies packed up a month ago so they’ve no fear of the cold, resting on the warm shelves of the basement. The days are growing rapidly shorter now and the tree branches in the backyard are bare for the coming season.
We’ll probably rake up a few more bags of leaves before Winter settles in for good. We’ll fill the bird feeder in earnest now, aware that our fellow creatures are in need of nourishment. The Winter season is that way for me, filled with days that call for an extra blanket and a warm mug of tea, a reminder to slow down and nourish my soul with good books, garden catalogs, twinkling lights in the fade of the day, and time for rest.
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