Severnista

Cold and dark by no means seems reassuring. We prefer to live in the light.

We like to bounce in the sun’s rays for the maximum amount of time no matter how we redial our clocks. Warm means sun salutations on the beach or on your back porch. Warm means color; vibrant pops and lovely greens. Warm means abundance as the landscape fills out with new growth and the lush canopy of trees.

By now the deciduous trees are bare. The color is mostly gone. The insects have all hidden in warmer nooks. The air is quieter yet the crows calls now echo so loudly it makes the cold air seem a little harsher as their language is not understood.

Turning to winter in the garden we can still find pockets of softness and beauty. We can see texture, structure and potential that was tucked in and nearly hidden with all the riots of leafing out and color that made up most of the year. Life doesn’t stop happening in winter it just looks differently.

Here are quiet and slow scenes from the garden, where the light and natural process has changed the face of all the living plantscape. It proves to still be a time for discovery. It is a time to bear witness to the pure potential of even the tiniest of souls. Little chances.

And here is another little hidden chance starting its journey through life! Find it in the photo.