Lonely

You can't get too much winter in the winter. ~~Robert Frost

I'm not so sure I agree with Robert Frost. This beaver dam at Whetstone Lake looks pretty lonely in the winter. 

 

Winter Sunset

Winter came down to our home one night
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again.
~Bill Morgan, Jr.

More Winter Photos

“Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway."”~~Maya Angelou

Welcome, Winter

And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. ~~Roy Bean

What a difference a few days can make. Today the world outside is white, but here I sit, snug and warm, wondering how much snow we'll get and how long it will last this time.

Signs of a Mild Winter

Every winter When the great sun has turned his face away,

The earth goes down into a vale of grief,
And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables,
Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay -
Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.
~Charles Kingsley

It has often been said that when the hornet nests are close to the ground we will experience a mild winter. If this holds true these photos indicate that the upcoming winter will be a very mild one. This is one of the largest nests I've seen in a very long while. There were no hornets home the day it was discovered as it was quite late in the fall.