Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The world through my eyes

7:00am... a magical glow breaks through the darkened window, and although it has taken me by surprise, I know what it is...
Snow! Our world has been awoken to yet another white morning. It’s dark outside, but the garden is magically wrapped in this amazing ice-blue glow that only snow can cast...

Tiny snowflakes are fluttering lazily from the sky, like exquisite frozen butterflies. If one thing amazes me about winter and a winter’s morning is the silence and sacredness that seems to blanketed the land... it isn’t unusual this binding, metaphysical and ubiquitous power of Nature in me... I hear it calling me.... a force beyond my power urging me to be one with the earth, as a bride becomes one in unity with her groom. And so I set out to the garden again... to the treasures hidden in the ice....

This wonderful world of mine has become a beautiful and desolate island... there is something almost mystical lingering in the chilled air... no lullaby fairy or imaginary creature this time... peace abide in a real garden, in the heart of a real woman in a real world forever immersed in a magic whose secret will always elude us... 

Oh the hallowed sound of silence... and this white vastness filling every corner inside... nothing moves, nothing to disturb the sacredness that has descended upon the land...
I see angels dancing down the path, white sea-foam clumps in wind-tossed tree branches, and then, behind my back a soft fluttering of wings.... something takes flight behind me; perhaps an intruder myself in this wonderful wonderland of silence... a winged friend.

It’s wonderful... the leaping free spirits of birds, the dream of a snowy land, and to sense the miracle of life in everything which is natural...

And behind my back, though it is a cold dreary time of year, a safe and warm nest to call my own. Home! The place where my imagination can always metamorph and fly as a bird. 

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. ~George Washington Carver

24 comments:

  1. This is really magical!!! Enjoy it!
    Rhonda

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  2. Yes I agree it is so magical. I would love to take a walk through the beautiful wonderland that you have captured.

    Willow

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  3. Freshly fallen snow makes everything look magical even the most mundane of places but gardens and the countryside have an extra dimension when they are hidden under a blanket of snow.

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  4. Nicely you described the winter .
    And am greeting

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  5. I need to be in spring now, but I must say that your snowy pictures are enchanting. Your garden is magicall, really!

    Warm greeting!
    Lennu

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  6. Cielo
    Me encanta sus fotos y su casa...it is a magical place!
    Thank you for sharing!

    BG

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  7. Pure magic, Cielo...so lovely... :o) (HUGS))

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  8. A lovely post. And a wonderful quote I had not heard before.

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  9. I love visiting you Cielo! Your blog is so magical :)

    Hugs,
    Dena

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  10. What wonderful photos! looks like we got the same amount and type of snowfall overnight, though I wasn't up as early as 7:00 to enjoy it!

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  11. I love looking at the world through your eyes. It's all so magical and lovely.
    Cindee

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  12. My dear Cielo.....your world is so full of wonder and you take time to share it with us. I could walk your magical path with you......

    Your garden is as pretty picture.......

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  13. Oh what a feast for the eyes this morning....I dream dream dream of snow. Love the light through the snow laden boughs....Lori

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  14. Hi Cielo,
    It is all so magical!

    Carolyn

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  15. I live in snow country (Upper Michigan) and yes, it is magical. Last night the snow glistened like diamonds and this morning the trees were freshly whitened with the sun shining through ~ breath taking. However, I'm ready for color ~ bring on spring!

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  16. The snow seems to create a magical feeling in your garden. I can tell by reading your posts your treasure the feeling of home the same way I do.

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  17. Amazing photos!!!!! I love pictures of the snow. The photo of the snowy outside looking in your warm glowing window is my favorite!!!!! HUGS! Charlene

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  18. I just wanted to stop by and thank you for visiting my site. Your blue snow is very special. Your photography is very good and it is evident you put a lot of work into your blog.

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  19. Snow is always beautiful, and I love looking from the outside in with the glow of the lamp!
    Ulrike
    ~~~

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  20. I would love to take a walk through the beautiful wonderland that you have captured.

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