Winter – Journal Notes Blog

Winter begins

Winter Solstice 2021

Winter begins
today is the shortest
day of light

Oostburg, Wisconsin
Midwest, USA
Northern Hemisphere

And tomorrow
I will begin to watch
the days grow longer

Write new poems
about the light

This post begins a new series, as I review my photos of our Great Lake in Wisconsin USA, over the seasons and years.

Photos by Ellen Grace Olinger
Wisconsin, Midwest, USA

early hours
of quiet and poetry
gardens overflow
and if some winter
my mind forgets
my heart will know

Ellen Grace Olinger

February light
on the trees
easy to imagine
their new growth
in Spring

reading old letters
reflections of Christmas lights
on the water

holiness
and humility
Christmas

Christmas night sky
becomes sunrise
tree branches
covered with ice
glisten in the sun

new year
on the horizon
simple lines
of barns and trees
in the fog