“Hold fast to dreams for when dreams go life is a barren field frozen with snow.” – Langston Hughes
“And so we remained till the red of the dawn began to fall through the snow gloom. I was desolate and afraid, and full of woe and terror. But when that beautiful sun began to climb the horizon life was to me again.” – Bram Stoker
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Today’s plan of attack!
Despite my efforts
Making friends with
L’hiver
Cold melds to my body
Like plastic wrap – suffocating
It permeates flesh
Seeping into bone
La neige menace – caché
Masking the landscape – j’adore
Lovely to look at
Cuddled up by the fire
Infinite cups of café
Perhaps a drop of cognac? – medicinally of course
Plunging into my book – du jour
Hibernation of the finest kind
Happily remaining till spring
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Bisous,
Léa
poetry, photos and musings oh my! 
Sounds like a great plan to me Lea.
Ah, great minds… 🙂
two books tonight I read a little from each
I’m about ready to dive back into my current book… 🙂
I’m on a total reading bender, Lea!! What are you reading at the moment? XO
I just finished a great autobiography Sleeping With Cats by Marge Piercy and now starting Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar. What are you into now? XO
Great plan of attack!! I would carry out the same one! At the moment we have sunshine and green grass! It feels like spring, but it’s only trying to fool us! 😊 ️xxX
Like Kath, I’ve noticed that great minds… A friend said he saw the first Almond blossom of the season last Saturday while in the vineyard. xxX
Almond blossom – sounds lovely xxx
I haven’t seen them yet but I wasn’t in the vineyard… 😉 xxx
😊 xxx
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like the bears – sleeping all winter 🙂
cheers – send me some warmth, too, Léa
Merci beaucoup mon ami! We had snow for twenty minutes but the rain has taken over. The only warmth here at this moment is found indoors…
here, too. yesterday we have had several snowstorms here with huge impact on commuter traffic – although today nearly all snow has alreday melted – but, there are icy temperatures forecasted starting from tomorrow – time for several hot teas 😦
Tea for you and café for moi! Our snow lasted about twenty minutes but turned to rain which left no trace.
The good news is that a friend saw his first Almond blossom of the season on Saturday while out in the vineyards.
I’m also on the coffee side of life, but during winter I also like green tea when it is cold to get warem again – almond blossoms in early February, that’s really early.
I can drink tea if necessary but prefer my coffee. Yes, the blossoms were early considering he saw them 31 January! It does warm the heart at least…
So burns one candle in the darkness…
John (Jack) McClintock jmcclim699@aol.com
Serious book addiction, what can I say?
It’s a perfect plan and ‘hibernation of the finest kind’ indeed. Maybe I’ll follow your lead. Enjoy your day.
Life is too short not to cram in all the books we can! Bon journée!
After all, that is the best thing about winter for us bookworms….we can hunker down sans any guilt about other things we “ought” to be doing, or places we “ought” to be going….we can be temporary anchorites 🙂
Sorry, I cannot put guilt and books together regardless of the weather. 😉 I do know what you mean. However we must get in out DAILY READING REQUIREMENTS! 🙂
ah that sounds wonderful – and makes winter much more bearable…
I love it when you use French phrases in your poems, ‘La neige menace – caché’: ‘Snow threat – hidden’ (I believe) fantastic – and what a wonderful poem about winter.
Ah yes, think I might join you Lea. . . but then again think of all the beautiful winter days you might miss! 😉 It won’t be long til spring is here, it’s starting to warm up in Wales already. Nearly time for the daffodils to appear! xx
Ah, you do know my weakness for those stunning yellow blooms! My grandmother was from Cardiff and those were her favourite… 🙂 xxx