One Good Thing: Deep Freeze

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Deep Freeze

Night's indigo dreams disperse
Erased by Dawn's frigid light
Mountains dress in purple haze
A new Day wakes shivering

A River of Stones

10 comments:

MariaJanuary 20, 2011 at 7:09 PM
Oh Barb, this is just beautiful.
The color is pure ~ the feeling is cold, but so calm. I hope the little critters have found a warm place to be ♥
Enjoy a lovely weekend, Barb!
~Maria
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CynthiaJanuary 20, 2011 at 7:18 PM
My apologies if this is a duplicate...something happened to my first comment. This is a lovely stone for the river. I enjoy your blog and your photography is absolutely stunning !!! What a beautiful place to live.
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AnonymousJanuary 20, 2011 at 9:45 PM
Wow - such gorgeous colours. Delicate and uplifting! Cold is beautiful when it looks like this!
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EbieJanuary 21, 2011 at 1:20 AM
Dawn of a new day, pastels please stay...

A very well composed photo!
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TomokoJanuary 21, 2011 at 1:41 AM
This is so beautiful, Barb. The atmosphere is cold, calm and heartwarming.
I wish this could be my wall calendar of January!
Have a nice weekend.
*Tomoko*
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HappyKJanuary 21, 2011 at 5:59 AM
Picture postcard perfect!
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Johnny NutcaseJanuary 21, 2011 at 10:19 AM
beautiful snowfall! I'm a little jealous! nice lighting, too!
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AnonymousJanuary 21, 2011 at 2:59 PM
You have to make a mountian view calendar, just so this can be on the cover. I think this is one of your prettiest shots.
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Linda H.January 23, 2011 at 6:34 AM
Both stone and photo are wonderful.
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susanvgJanuary 27, 2011 at 5:46 PM
Beautiful purple hues. Your words are so evocative.
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