The swaths of clouds embraced the hills,
What lay between gave me the chills.
The first snowfall this season kissed
The fir trees peeking through the mist.
The robins fled their berry patch
For lower lands, their food to catch,
The geese and sandhills winged away
To find a warmer place to stay.
Yet later when the sun came out,
It said, “What’s all the fuss about?
I’ll shine my best and melt it down,
This early snow just makes me frown.
“I know it will return one day,
A month from now, the snow will stay.
So be prepared and fill the larder,
Soon the days will be much harder.
Make your shelters, line your nest,
Keeping warm will be a test,
But we will get through winter’s cold,
If we are ready and we’re bold.”
October 8, 2021 at 4:31 pm
A lovely poem and photo, Anneli! ☺️
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October 8, 2021 at 5:12 pm
“If we’re bold”–I love that, Anneli.
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October 8, 2021 at 6:10 pm
You do have to be tough and bold to survive our long cold, wet winters. I don’t know how your book characters survive without any clothes on back a million years ago.
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October 8, 2021 at 6:03 pm
Great and positive poem.
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October 8, 2021 at 6:09 pm
Thank you, Anita.
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October 8, 2021 at 7:56 pm
Beautiful, Anneli! We are definitely coming up to the tough season!
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October 8, 2021 at 9:43 pm
I can feel it by the colder nights.
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October 9, 2021 at 12:18 am
Very nice poem and pictures. It is getting colder here too this morning. But the sun is shining and will warm up the day.
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October 10, 2021 at 9:52 am
Sorry I missed your comment yesterday. Thanks for reading the poem and I’m glad you liked it. It really is getting chillier every day. I’m thankful when the sun comes out for a few hours now and then, but it isn’t that warm sun we would love to have. Winter is definitely on its way!
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October 9, 2021 at 1:59 am
That’s a wonderful poem, Anneli, so nice and positiv. Yes, we have to prepare. For autumn, for winter and for what may still come. We should be confident, brave, and life-affirming.
Thank you, anneli!
Greetings from Germany….Rosie
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October 9, 2021 at 8:40 am
Thanks so much, Rosie.
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October 9, 2021 at 3:35 am
An early snow would make me frown also, Anneli. I enjoyed your poem!
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October 9, 2021 at 8:41 am
Thank you, Jill. It’s always kind of exciting to see the first snow, and then weeks later we can’t wait to see the last of it!
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October 9, 2021 at 9:15 am
I’m sure! 🙂 Stay warm.
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October 9, 2021 at 6:59 am
Time to enjoy the sun and milder weather while they’re here. Striking photo, I like the poem as well. Is the scene nearby?
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October 9, 2021 at 8:42 am
That was my view out the living room window on the morning of October 6. Some of that snow has melted but more is on the way soon. Fortunately, it mostly stays up in the hills.
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October 9, 2021 at 10:52 am
Some view 😊
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October 9, 2021 at 7:55 am
Love it, Anneli! Batten those hatches.
I think winter will arrive late this year, but we’re supposed to get a lot of snow. Yay!
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October 9, 2021 at 8:43 am
I’m hoping that most of ours will come down in the form of rain, but we do get a few days of snow now and then.
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October 9, 2021 at 9:25 am
Beautiful!
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October 9, 2021 at 11:17 am
Tnx, DK.
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October 9, 2021 at 7:24 pm
Your photo is beautiful, Anneli. I love seeing the fresh snow when it is up on the hills where it belongs! Love the poem.
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October 9, 2021 at 10:30 pm
Thanks, Sonja. I feel the same way about where the snow belongs!
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October 10, 2021 at 1:06 pm
A beautiful poem about the coming winter, Anneli. Perfect meter and rhyme and a delightful message to all of nature to get ready. 🙂
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October 10, 2021 at 4:15 pm
Thanks a lot, Diana. It’s that time of year when the season is changing drastically.
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October 10, 2021 at 4:34 pm
A lovely poem, Anneli and a haunting photo. Happy Thanksgiving. Love your turkeys (I guess!)
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October 10, 2021 at 5:38 pm
Thanks, Carol. Those turkeys came out of the woods and picked at things on the ground right behind our trailer when we were on our way to Montana (pre-Covid) just beyond the Idaho border. I sneaked around the side of the trailer to get these pictures. Have a great weekend. We have lots to be thankful for.
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October 11, 2021 at 4:51 am
Lovely!
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October 14, 2021 at 11:03 am
What a great poem and the photo is a beauty.
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October 14, 2021 at 12:30 pm
Thanks a lot, Vinny.
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