Wonderful Winter

Photography: Jetta Marie

Potery: Jetta Marie

Gratitude Of The Day: There is still amazing beauty all around me, even in well below freezing weather. I love this shot! It is like the bird has this fascination with the little pile of snow; its as big as he is, but it is definitively NOT a bird... He cracks me up! 

Wonderful Winter

When the sun starts to set

At an earlier hour

And the chill from the air

Makes you shiver and cower

When everything dies

And flies away south

Its all to easy for bitter

To stream from your mouth.

"Jack frost is a Jerk!"

One might be tempted to mutter,

As the wind blows and howls

And you shiver and shutter.

But oh, yea poor blinded

You foolish young thing!

Why there is so much wonder

In this absence of spring!

For frosty the snowman 

Could not wear his hat of felt

If the weather is balmy 

The poor guy would melt!

Snow angels in summer?

Why that cannot be;

For the wonderful snow 

Needs that wind chill you see!

And what could be greater

Than after playtime your warn

And you run on inside where its toasty

And warm

And out comes the Coco,

Or cider for me,

And by the fire you get toast

The warm  flames dancing with glee

And Santa's attire

Would be down right preposterous

If there was no winter,

Well you can make a hypothesis!

The snow as it glitters

On its way to the earth

A time to give thanks 

For our dear saviors birth

A time for one's family

In a world full of haste,

A time to rejoice!

A time to just celebrate!

Winter for some 

Is a time to be sad,

But I see it simply,

As a time to be glad.

Spring will come shortly

And the chill disappear,

So why not be grateful 

While winter is hear?

Why be a scrooge

Full of winter-time hate?

Why be a grump 

When winter's so great?

Sure it is chilly,

Sure the flowers are few,

But there is abundance

Of things you can do.

To make the cold months

Pass with holiday cheer

And set yourself up 

For a fantastic year.

So whine if you will

Have a holiday grunge

But I've an igloo to build

And I choose to have fun

And when I am through,

I have warm cookies to munch; 

So have fun being sour

You poor Winter grump!