Serenity's Sanctuary - Winter

I am a winter being...

I love winter's hush of Quiet,

hibernating in Stillness...

I love the magic of new fallen snow.

I don't mind that we continue to get snow

in the "Southwest" into April ~

So I wanted to post these last expressions of winter
as a kind of farewell...

Actually - it's not always this way here.

This has been an unusual year.

Previous years have been drought-stricken
with virtually no Spring snow - or rain for that matter -
leaving a dry, brown, arid looking winter/spring transition.

So when snow comes to visit in April

I tend to delight in its magic...

I marvel at the way the snow embraces all life
with its beingness,
melting and infusing everything,
morphing itself into different forms on its way to
returning to its natural state of Being...

My heart smiles at the tiny snow crystals playfully dancing
and sparkling in the glint of morning sunlight.
I feel melancholy with the long-reaching branch shadows
that form against the crystalline white,
like the shadows that we are against the backdrop of Life.

I feel a parting of an old friend,
knowing the season has passed for another year,
and the wheel is turning into a new cycle
requiring new energy,
new perspective,
new transitions...

Winter is my favorite season...
It gives me permission to just Be...

Sweet Serenity...

~*~

Photos - Christine