“Out of the bosom of the air, out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,
Over the woodlands brown and bare, over the harvest-fields forsaken,
Silent, and soft, and slow, descends the snow.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I awoke just before sunrise
What a sight, out my window
Every single thing, now covered
With layers of sparkling white snow
It now draped my entire lawn
The treetops were now, all aglow
It must have been snowing, all night
What a marvelous, magical, mornin show
My very first thought was of shoveling it
But as I brewed my coffee, a new thought
This winter wonderland shouldn’t be wasted
Shoveling it could wait – I needed a long walk
I quickly got dressed and woke my weary wife
But she told me to please let her sleep for awhile
As I now bundled up, and I tied my old boot laces
Tater appeared with his leash, and a big canine smile
Good old Tater, the Black Labrador, is very much like me
He loves puddles, lakes, swimming, and really long walks
We enjoy each other’s company, and we both love the snow
And unlike my spouse, he never complains when I start to talk
So, it wasn’t very long at all, before he and I headed outdoors
And what a marvelous sight now greeted our appreciative eyes
Joyous old Tater and I, walked on and on, admiring the scenery
On this very chilly, but extremely lovely, Snowy Sunday Sunrise
I awoke just before sunrise,
What a sight, out my window;
Every single thing, now covered,
With layers of sparkling white snow.
©Winter 2009, Mr. Ed
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Hope you and yours have a Happy New Year
The Buzzard
Wishing you all a blessed healthy happy loving prosperous New Year!
Peace and Joy,
sis tiger lily
Anna
winter scene, Than you Ed, it will be a long time before I'll ever enjoy a walk like that.......
they will have to just keep residing in my memories.......
Peace be with you and your family
"A Happy New Year to all "
William
Newfie Hugs, Rose
fee
Lovely sight
Canine smile
Stay awhile
Tater's one lucky pooch.. Patrick
lovely picture. Blessings! Jasmin Horst
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D
Georg
I can feel the joy and exhilaration in your words. Hope you were able to come back to some nice hot chocolate and warm hugs from your wife.
Nice poem to wake to. All our snow is melted, we had almost a foot and the last two days it was in the 50's and raining, so there went all our white loveliness.
Have a beautiful day!!!!!
Peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"