1. chance o’snow

    Ugh cold weather
    Time for sunshine and birdsong
    Though spring might break my heart this year
    Unless it’s soothing rain balm

    March 17, 2013

  2. an Illinois observation

    snow flurries dance upon the wind
    bird song floats from the trees
    the ground is nearly thawed
    now the sun is shining
    the flurries already gone
    on this chilly March afternoon
    must be spring in Illinois
    when anything can happen
    just talkin’ ‘bout the weather
    it’s still Lion Time

    March 12, 2013

  3. a quiet smile on awakening bloomed into a full blown grin as I stepped outside on the sidewalk time to walk the dog the sunshine was brighter the blue sky exquisite birdsong filled the air no wind was gusting stillness all around quiet morning walk time and then… a sparkle of glitter underfoot as sunlight hit the snow oh, how lovely fairy tale divine I didn’t feel the cold thankful for my winter coat barefoot in my snow boots so what if it was 15 feels like 8 I truly didn’t notice some days hold a l’il magic this feels like one o’them I’m smiling quietly in anticipation February 24, 2013 Written while sitting in my favorite love seat spot, with my legs curled to the side, wrapped in my super soft, pale blue robe, a few shades lighter than the sky. My sweet dog, Blue, fell back asleep too, he’s curled in a ball like a Fennec Fox (we saw them at the zoo, long, long ago).

    a quiet smile
    on awakening
    bloomed into
    a full blown grin
    as I stepped outside
    on the sidewalk
    time to walk the dog
    the sunshine was brighter
    the blue sky exquisite
    birdsong filled the air
    no wind was gusting
    stillness all around
    quiet morning walk time
    and then…
    a sparkle of glitter underfoot
    as sunlight hit the snow
    oh, how lovely
    fairy tale divine
    I didn’t feel the cold
    thankful for my winter coat
    barefoot in my snow boots
    so what if it was 15
    feels like 8
    I truly didn’t notice
    some days hold a l’il magic
    this feels like one o’them
    I’m smiling quietly
    in anticipation

    February 24, 2013
    Written while sitting in my favorite love seat spot, with my legs curled to the side, wrapped in my super soft, pale blue robe, a few shades lighter than the sky. My sweet dog, Blue, fell back asleep too, he’s curled in a ball like a Fennec Fox (we saw them at the zoo, long, long ago).

  4. I’m wool gathering in the kitchen warming my hands on a ginormous mug o’joe leaning on the counter dishwasher sloshing running humming boys watching Clone Wars now nearly through snow covers the ground February air has snap inside is warm my kitchen spot the best for quiet contemplation coffee drinkin’ daydreams blue sky is emerging from behind a wall o’clouds wool gathering thinking not just a barnyard pursuit baa brrrr ya sheared me a l’il close not yet anyway shearing is for Spring after winter wind abates real wool gathering time isn’t here not quite yet February 23, 2013

    I’m wool gathering in the kitchen
    warming my hands
    on a ginormous mug o’joe
    leaning on the counter
    dishwasher sloshing
    running humming
    boys watching Clone Wars
    now nearly through
    snow covers the ground
    February air has snap
    inside is warm
    my kitchen spot the best
    for quiet contemplation
    coffee drinkin’ daydreams
    blue sky is emerging
    from behind a wall o’clouds
    wool gathering
    thinking
    not just a barnyard pursuit
    baa
    brrrr
    ya sheared me a l’il close
    not yet anyway
    shearing is for Spring
    after winter wind abates
    real wool gathering time isn’t here
    not quite yet

    February 23, 2013

  5. drip drop drip

    my poet’s heart
    is quiet
    though my eyes
    are leakin’ tears
    they fall silently
    I can’t always
    suck ‘em back
    Lord knows
    I try
    ‘cause I really
    hate to cry
    my poet’s heart
    is squeezing
    beating
    pumping life
    yet quiet
    drip drop drip
    damn it
    no time for tears
    the sun is shining
    a new day begins
    gotta go embrace it
    my tears will dry
    either evaporate
    or in the wind

    February 23, 2013

  6. savoring today

    I think bad weather is still in the forecast for tomorrow. “Bad,” as in, “snow and ice.” But today?! Today is gorgeous outside with blue sky, white clouds and less vicious biting wind. It nearly feels like Spring, before chill seeps in. Lovely lovely beautiful sunshine day. Much needed.

    February 20, 2013

  7. life o’cliche

    I’m treading water.
    Staying afloat.
    Keeping the sharks at bay.
    Soaking up sunshine rays.
    Smiling more than crying
    …most days.

    February 19, 2013

  8. Hello, Blue Sky Good to see ya! It’s been a few days… Caught ya on camera Before you disappear again Even with cold temperatures Blue sky and sunshine Just helps January 31, 2013

    Hello, Blue Sky
    Good to see ya!
    It’s been a few days…
    Caught ya on camera
    Before you disappear again
    Even with cold temperatures
    Blue sky and sunshine
    Just helps

    January 31, 2013

  9. The hallway with windows doesn’t have sunshine today. The Chicago skyline is nearly obscured by tiny snow flurries are falling clouds. January 23, 2013 Loyola hospital near Chicago

    The hallway with windows doesn’t have sunshine today. The Chicago skyline is nearly obscured by tiny snow flurries are falling clouds.

    January 23, 2013
    Loyola hospital
    near Chicago

  10. I smiled quietly this morning standing in a window lined hallway seven stories up savoring the sun shining in turned toward North (I guess) since Chicago skyline is on the horizon I’d stepped out of the hospital room to call my sister left a message for her with my voice breaking and a few tears falling at the end January 22, 2013 Loyola hospital Chicago suburbs northern Illinois

    I smiled quietly this morning
    standing in a window lined hallway
    seven stories up
    savoring the sun shining in
    turned toward North
    (I guess)
    since Chicago skyline
    is on the horizon
    I’d stepped out of the hospital room
    to call my sister
    left a message for her
    with my voice breaking
    and a few tears falling
    at the end

    January 22, 2013
    Loyola hospital
    Chicago suburbs
    northern Illinois