Winter Forest
silences of white–
stillness digs deeper, rooted,
vast. Elemental.
Sue Vincent’s photo prompt this week, above, echoed perfectly the image I was working on for winter. It’s not winter weather here yet, but experience tells me its arrival can be sudden and swift. And the trees always do look magical when they are wearing snow.
Also linking to Open Link Night on dVerse.
54 responses to “Winter Forest”
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- - December 7, 2017
- - December 18, 2021
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I love this image….it fits beautifully wth the coldness here in London. Have a beautiful weekend. Janet 🙂
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Thanks Janet. Not cold here yet, but it’s coming…
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I’m ready. Bring it. Lol. Beautifully collage!
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Thanks Jodi. I’m not ready yet, but winter never asks for my opinion…
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Lol
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Perfectly captured! That stillness is mystifying! It snowed here yesterday evening and a city normally so loud suddenly became so still, so magical!
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Thanks Damien. Yes, it’s amazing how snow silences the city and turns it into another world. Indeed, magic!
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Love the image, both in the words and photographs. We have a similar blanket of snow here in the Highlands ☺💜
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Thanks. We’re still waiting…but it’s sure to come!
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Perfect! Winter is such a massive powerful season.
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It is. Sue’s prompt was right on target.
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I’m not sure I can stand another three months of winter scenes though.
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Well I certainly don’t plan to dwell there too long or often…
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A week would be fine.
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Lovely image and words, Kerfe. That first snowfall is often just like that, sort of magical and still. Everything seems hushed and pristine.
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It does. Waking up to that magical world, before the activities of the day erase it.
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Yes.
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Very intriguing collage, the pieces all fit together so well. Happy December 1.
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Thanks Sharon. I was amazed at the way they fit myself! Sometimes the universe works with you…
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I like seeing trees in warm snow that sticks to their branches.
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Yes, the branches are always magic.
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Those silences of white are deep~
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They are…
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Oh, I really like this one! 🙂
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Thanks Rebecca!
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It will come soon enough, but I will enjoy today when it is 65 F, sunny, and bright.
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Yes, soon enough.
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I love the deepness of silence. Very nice!
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Thank you!
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Love this!
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Love your collage haiga. “Vast elemental” placed on the triangular peak is perfect positioning for effect. Beautifully done, Kerfe. ❤
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Thanks Olga. This was one of those collages that made itself.
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A sensory beauty. 🙂
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A beautiful winter collage….
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Thanks Evelyn…it’s coming.
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Oh I would love the winter to come… the silence but also the whiteness that light up the dark
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That is a beautiful light.
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Silence is tangible in your poem. Beautiful.
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Thanks Claudia. It’s a loud silence, isn’t it?
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It echoes.
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Love the quiet of winter and how your collage fits together perfectly! ❄️ I’m not a big fan of cold though…🧣
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Thanks Jill. I’m not a big fan of cold either, although the snow does look beautiful on the trees. And shoveling snow, let’s not even think about that.
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Superb!
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Thanks, Sue.
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Silences of white. It is comfortable in itself. Needs no words. Beautiful!
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Thank you Mary.
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Fascinating photo up above. love how you described the one as ‘stillness’
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Thank you!
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This is an astonishingly powerful post Kerfe. Your art work immediately transmits that feeling of deep winter cold and then your haiku reiterates it – adding to the feeling of winter stillness . Thanks so much for linking to my tree theme.
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Thanks for hosting the trees!
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You’re welcome. – its fun. I’m thinking I might do ‘a week in the cave’ after Christmas. I always feel like retreating for a bit then.
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Yes, I’m about to take a break myself.
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