“We love to think in winter, as we walk over the snowy pastures, of those happy dreamers that lie under the sod, of dormice and all that race of dormant creatures, which have such a superfluity of life enveloped in thick folds of fur, impervious to cold. Alas, the poet too is in one sense a sort of dormouse gone into winter quarters of deep and serene thoughts, insensible to surrounding circumstances; his words are the relation of his oldest and finest memory, a wisdom drawn from the remotest experience. Other men lead a starved existence, meanwhile, like hawks, that would fain keep on the wing, and trust to pick up a sparrow now and then.”
Henry David Thoreau– A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849)
Find out how others see the passing of the solstices at the Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons.
Beautiful verse, Thanks for your fine blog and have a super Happy New Year!
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Thanks so much – Best wishes to you and your family in the New Year!
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Thank you so much for likings my posts.Wishing you s wonderful new year.jalal
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You’re very welcome – Happy New Year!
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Wonderful photo and quote from Thoreau. :-)
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Thanks!
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Beautiful post. Seasons do bring a mix of good and bad. I just wish it is all good for all. Merry Christmas to you and your family
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Thanks you so much – Health, Wealth and Happiness to you and yours as well!
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Thanks for the pingbacks and just wanted to let you know that the notifications are winding up in my spam – which they are clearly not!
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Adorable little frog… Great shot! :-)
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Thanks – I’m still surprised that he held still for me for so long!
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…. or waiting for that princess ;-)
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Yes, indeed – one with her own condo in a warm climate!
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What a clever way to illustrate the theme! Between the photo and the quote, it does conjure up a dreamlike quality. Great post.
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Thanks so much – I find that there are always so many great photos of things that I would post already entered by others that I am forced to think outside of the box most of the time…
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Thanks for the ping back!
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Now this is a beautiful quote!! Yep, I must be a poet..
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Certainly are!
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