Dark January

[Snowwark]

The trees down the boulevard stand naked in thought,
Their abundant summery wordage silenced, caught
In the grim undertow; naked the trees confront
Implacable winter's long, cross-questioning brunt.

- D. H. Lawrence, Winter in the Boulevard, 1916

 

[gina2000]

And I hadda be born in this month.....sigh......


Beautiful scene, though. I just wish it was WARMER!!!

 

[Tulirose]

I really do hate winter...

 

[Helopoh]

I hate winter too..Too Darn Cold!!

 

[Mamu]

Not one of my favorite months.


Too dark
Too depressing

With snow 12 out of the last 13 days I can also add

Too much snow

Now with the frozen tundra making it's way south

Too cold

But wait I can see a jet whisking me away from all this snow-ridden, naked, sun-less state of winter, to a spot where the sun reins down on you 365 days a year. A magical place where the fun never ends, a place that brings laughter back into your life. 31 days and counting.

 

[Snowwark]

Hmmm.....I think the next snippet of verse I put up should be a little more ...uplifting, less dark and gloomy.

I like Mamu's cure for the winter doldrums. Lucky Bud!!

 

[DixieDreamer]

Oh... now come on you guys.... January is the garden PLANNING month! Despite the dark and dreary days, I take delight in spreading all the seed and plant catalogs out on the kitchen table... and make my list of what seeds I need for my vegetable garden, annual flowers, and what I think would look nice in my patio containers! Just reading all the descriptions... extolling the qualities and beauties of each variety... sets my gardening heart a beating!

Happy January PLANNING everyone!

 

[Helopoh]

Ok Dixie I'll give you that much it is a planning month but I haven't gotten any of my seed catalogs as of yet so I reserve the right to **POUT** (just a little)