Even the bushes have on their coats
As the first Nor’easter of 2014
Howls through New England and
Mother Nature christens the new year.
Smiling snow princess, hat askew, and
Giggling snow monsters, snowballs in hand,
Welcome the first snow day with battling snow angels,
Ice skating, sledding and snowshoeing.
Then a few cookies and a mug of hot chocolate
While snow blows into drifts and plows rattle by.
Now tucked under blankets and quilts,
Already dreaming of next Christmas.
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
37 thoughts on “Grab Your Coat! It’s One Below Zero!!”
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What a lovely winter tale of fun, and a great photo.
I’m longing for some cold white snow….so far it’s all been howling gales, horizontal rain and buckets of mud beneath our boots in Scotland this winter! I love the way snow brightens the whole landscape…..*dreaming now*!
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Snow is gorgeous, back-breaking, sparkling like diamonds, killing cold and fun to play until your hands are red and icy. Dreaming is fun!! Cheers, Brenda
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Brenda, the picture is lovely the words even more so, but the temperature, yuck !!! I look forward to the springtime poems. Take care, Bill
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Am I giving you a cold chill? I can’t help the weather. 🙂 I look forward to spring already, too! LOL
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I feel your cold toes. Here is NW Illinois we be freezing our butts off. And Syd? I cannot even bribe her to go outside. She is all balled up on the couch.
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Cold, dark nights. Deep in winter now… Leading right to thoughts of spring. One day closer!
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE AROUND HERE—WONDERFUL THOUGHTS!!!!!
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In Massachusetts…it IS COLD!!!! In the single digits and below zero cold! Worcester, MA, could get to -12 degrees in windchill tonight. Thankfully, most of my work is inside. The picture looks like around here…the North Shore got two feet in some towns! But I do have a problem reading medium grey words on green! Just me, I guess.
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I am having trouble with the gray on green myself. I am resisting having to pony up the cash for a custom blog design just to fix that. I keep adjusting the green, but fixing one problem causes others elsewhere. You’re in Worcester? I’m not far away.
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Hey Neighbor! My wife and I living in Douglas, MA.
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We’re outside Boston, buried in snow. Finally you can’t see the grass through it.:-)
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North Shore…or South Shore…or inland? I’m not planning to visit. 🙂
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Inland. Just trying for a little privacy for my kid’s sake. 🙂 Although some people feel privacy is dead. I’m old-fashioned I guess.
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Us too…’tho’ we don’t have any kids. but I know my Diana (wife of 24 and 1/2 years) would be awfully suspiciscous if a whole bunch of people—mostly women of various ages—suddenly showed up being rather friendly, even if she knows about them! 🙂
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You are safe from me! LOL Did you get a lot of snow? We only got 12 inches. It is mighty cold, though.
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ABOUT 8 INCHES HERE. If you check my new poetry posts, I’ve been
writing nearly a blow-by-blow description!
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Ah, I saw a bunch of reblogs, but I missed your poetry posts. I’ll drop by soon. 🙂
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I KNOW…altho’ some of them are my own, earlier, works. Just a lot of good stuff out there! But this last week…I sometimes posted three or more of my own poems in a row!!!! (Catching up with what I had written on Christmas vacation…I don’t have or use a wireless) Try the Archives, closer to Dec. 30th, 31st, and Jan. 1-2…!
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Found one about your mom’s cookies, so sweet!
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Beautiful poem. Sending you warm thoughts. 🙂
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My face was quite cold, but the rest of me was snug and warm while shoveling and snapping pix. Fun, Fun, Fun!! Cheers, Brenda
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Fanciful and heart-warming; always a pleasure to read your work ^_^ ❤
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Thanks!
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Fun with a touch of freezing. 🙂 It’s blowing a gale here with rain that seems as if it will never end. I miss sunshine. 😉 x
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I hate when it rains sideways into your hood. Sometimes I think the snow is more fun and easier to deal with than a big gale of rain. This morning we have sun peeking through. The whole world is bright white.
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bundle up you snow monsters as you dash away in the snow!! darn, that is real cold, Brenda and as much fun as snow brings, it also packs some good hardships as well. take care my friend. ♥
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We have the gear — snow pants, down coats, gore-tex gloves, fleeces galore. We’ll be fine. 🙂 We already shoveled half of it. We have enough hot chocolate to get us through. And plenty of Christmas cookies left. LOL
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Magic.
As always.
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Thanks! I guess it’s probably balmy and nice in the Med, no shoveling to be done…
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Nice picture.
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Thanks! I wonder what it looks like after the bulk of the storm is done and another 10 inches fell. Perhaps I should hike up and see…
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ah, i feel your pain here in michigan as well. at least your words warmed me up a bit )
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I grew up with lake effect snow in Rochester, NY. As long as I don’t lose power, all is well. We have fun. 🙂 My back does feel it, though. I slipped yesterday and went straight over backwards. From where I landed, I had a perfect view of a bird’s nest I never would have noticed otherwise. If I’d had my camera, I would have gotten a picture. LOL
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What a cute story =)
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🙂 A touch of reality, a dash of fiction, a real tale is brewed! Thanks for commenting! Cheers, Brenda
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Happy new year, Brenda. 🙂
The third stanza speaks of my favorite part of the cold season.
Keep safe, stay warm.
Right now, we are experiencing -12. It’s a pain to take out the dog in the mornings and evenings. I look forward to going back to warmer MA. 🙂
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That is seriously cold!! We haven’t been out since the bottom fell out of the thermometer. I hope it warms up a bit or shoveling will be a punishment. Are you coming back to MA? I thought you lived in ME.
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