they say your arms are bare
that you’ve been stripped
down to the bone
your art is abstract
writing hieroglyphics
in a language all your own
but within your grasp
the seeds of a new life
are waiting to bloom
Sheila Hurst
Reading, writing, dreaming
Sheila Hurst 
Lovely, especially the time lapse photos at the end. I always tell my kids this is the time of the year nature goes to sleep to prepare for a great show in the spring.
Oh, I like that, Milka!
Lovely piece, Sheila. 🙂
Thank you – it was fun doing the slideshow (and then staring at it for a while afterwards)! I think I’m already looking forward to that great show.
Your poems truly help me see things differently. Great job.
Thanks Char! That’s so nice of you. Hope you have a great Christmas!
I love the time-lapse photos with the poem. And while I know I should find it in myself to appreciate winter’s unique beauty, I can’t help but be impatient for that spring show. 😉
I think I’m looking forward to it too – either that or some snow! 🙂
It’s summer here now so it was wonderful seeing thosevtime-lapse photos! The poetry is wonderful and very uplifting 🙂
Thanks Dianne! It is fun to look forward to all the different seasons. I hope you’re enjoying your summer!
Beautiful! Yet, here I sit near Bugarach (the final portal) on the eve of fin du monde and read your beautiful words filled with a sense of hope and renewal. Merci beaucoup!
Let’s hope there will be no fin du monde! If there is an end, let it be an end to the old ways and the beginning of a better world. Hope you have a happy new year!
Lovely, Sheila. We kind of think alike.
http://playingwithwordsisfun.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/if-a-tree-falls-in-the-forest/
Have a Merry Christmas!
Wow – lots of tree photos! I love that abstract art look. Hope you have a great Christmas too!
lovely words Sheila.
the bones embracing greenness in to time. Nature is just amazing
Yes, whenever I stop to really look at nature, it always amazes me too. I’m glad we share that love for it. 🙂
This is why I love living in NE, for the changes in seasons. Your poem is lovely, Sheila. You always do such a nice job connecting your words to the images you provide.
Thanks Kate! That’s true – I think I would be bored without the change of seasons. It’s nice that it always gives us something to look forward to. Hope you had a fun Christmas.
Wonderful trees! Beautiful.
Thank you – I’m glad you liked them!
So very refreshing and unique…i love your words! Been under the weather and catching up! Merry Christmas to you and hope that you had a wonderful day yesterday! Much love to you always my sister!
Thanks Wendell! That’s very nice of you to say. I’m sorry you haven’t been feeling well and hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
I loved the poem, and I loved the photos with the poem. Great job!
Thank you! Trees are easy to love. 🙂
I agree.
These are wonderful, Sheila. 🙂
Thank you so much! Now I’m really looking forward to spring. 🙂
Gorgeous thoughts and photos…
Thank you! There’s lots of those tree bones around here for now. I’m looking forward to the blooming. 🙂