Week 2.13: October Snow

Week 2.12: October Snow is a photo I took on the first day I saw snow this season. There's something magical about the first snow. Living in New Mexico, first snows don't stay long; it's really only a fun surprise that usually melts off by the end of a sunny afternoon. This dusting of snow was enough to shroud a small, unsuspecting pumpkin and blanket most of the grooves of the picnic table it sat on.

Holed up in my retreat at the home of Mister and Missus with the pellet stove going with gusto only made this day of rest and retreat all the more fun. When I woke to see snow softening my view from every window, I followed my impulse and ran outside in my too-thin pajamas to photograph October Snow. Too-thin pajamas can't stop a girl who wants a shot of the first snow of the year...especially when she knows she's got a warm house to run back into.

When my heart is full, I find my usually verbose nature is only able to eek out the smallest words. Yes, secret confession, the more valuable something is to me, the greater words fail. Poetry is a response to something I cannot fully describe even if I used every word available to me in every known language. I love the ethereal nature of poetry and how it speaks volumes by selecting very specific structure and wording...while leaving a vast majority unspoken.

October Snow:

Morning beauty crisp
Lovely silence fills the chill
Full circled season