One Good Thing: Pristine

Monday, January 24, 2011

Pristine

Fresh snow at dawn
Landscape pristine
Sky and earth in blue repose
Tree tops bathed in silver light
Beckoning the beginning day

A River of Stones

12 comments:

EMMJanuary 24, 2011 at 4:26 PM
Makes me hold my breath in expectation...
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EbieJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:49 PM
I hear a soft rumbling, a powdery cheer!
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HildredJanuary 24, 2011 at 8:03 PM
Pristine is a beautifully descriptive word for this picture. A lovely stone Barb.
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MariaJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:59 PM
Beautiful ~ as always, Barb ... It's a beautiful world through a joyful lens ~
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J CJanuary 25, 2011 at 6:05 AM
You're photos are breath-taking! My Dad skied in Breckenridge the other year and was utterly blown away with it's beauty - what a lovely home you have!

Your words really match that too :o)
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HappyKJanuary 25, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Breathtaking!!
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AnonymousJanuary 25, 2011 at 3:23 PM
Even better, you appreciate the beauty and wonder of it.
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Paul CJanuary 25, 2011 at 3:46 PM
Oh, my, there is nothing like pristine snow in a setting like this!
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KathyJanuary 25, 2011 at 4:52 PM
My heart stops at the beauty expressed in this photo, Barb! Awesome... (and you are so lucky to have sun...)
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Johnny NutcaseJanuary 25, 2011 at 9:44 PM
that's a really awesome shot! so clean. bet it was fun watching the sun reach the rest of the trees - great scene!
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susanvgJanuary 27, 2011 at 6:13 PM
a moment frozen in time
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AmyJanuary 28, 2011 at 12:13 AM
Perfect--both the stone and that photo!
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