old pond is frozen ice blooming on the surface no weather for frogs Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twentieth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Tag: Winter Retreat 2017
Winterfall
waterfall tumbles flaunting its fluid freedom frost and ice await Kim M. Russell, 2017 My nineteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
As the Sun Rises
every leaf shimmers sun rays stitch a bold patchwork golden and scarlet Kim M. Russell, 2017 My eighteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
The Beauty of Bats
shivery flickers shrouds of dark, leathery wings in and out of night Kim M. Russell, 2017 My seventeenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful A leftover from Halloween!
Horse
equine muscles twitch chestnut gloss in midday sun amenable might Kim M. Russell, 2017 My sixteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Dangerous Beauty
newly-minted snake bright scales ripple and glisten venom’s fresh on fangs Kim M. Russell, 2017 My fifteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Winter Owls
ghostly bird flickers feathery contours are mute lethal talons strike Kim M. Russell, 2017 My fourteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Hiding from the Cold
hail rattles windows under the door a draught blows cats share body heat Kim M. Russell, 2017 My thirteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful I was tidying up the images on my laptop this week when I found this photograph of Luna and her mother, Tosca, who was killed in […]
First Hint of Snow
flurry of feathers stitches from a skein of geese white as the first snow Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twelfth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Last Birds of Autumn
birds disturbed by gales twitters in the woody copse flash of leaves and wings Kim M. Russell, 2017 My eleventh response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful