Bitter cold
does not keep me in
though no sun
shines, at first
and grey takes over the blue
I’ll find photo ops
Reflections
I’ll find for Merril
fungi for
Crispina
winter scenes for Rochelle, to
bring to life with paint
Time to go
The sun’s going down
Mitts not needed
Now back on
Legs now heavy, must go. What
will tomorrow bring?
A new day
I’m off to explore
Steps to get
sights to see
No expectations, just joy
at being outside
Snowshoes, skis
lots of families
fat wheel bikes
sharing space
no lack of activities
smiles are not lacking
Golden Hour
gives a special glow
a signal
that next comes
a chance to transform the skies
with sunset’s paintbrush
A Dalectable Life 
This is exceptionally done!!!!!! … but damn, I didn’t get mentioned. Oh well.
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Thank you, Frank!
You know what? I had planned on adding you, then figured you were getting exclusivity soon 😉
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OK … fine by me …. As you recall, I always looked for me on your gratitude posts. 😉
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Good. And yes, I do know 😉
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I love your photos and your attitude ♥️
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Thank you, LaDonna 🙂
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Dear Dale,
Love the verses and the stunning photos. I’m almost afraid to look at them these days. 😉 Thank you for the mention.
Shalom and lotsa warm hugs,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Thank you, my friend! Haha! I can’t say I am not trying to entice you 😉
Shalom and lotsa warm love,
Dale
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I knew you were plotting. I won’t say “against me.” Your photos are magnificent and delightfully challenging. Thank you. 😀
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Never against you. 😊
Thank you again. So glad you like
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Loved this, Dale. Beautiful shots and words. 😊
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Thank you, John. So glad you enoyed.
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😊
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Excellent, Dale. Really wonderful photos.
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Thank you, Tim! So very kind of you!
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Loved the photos
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Thank you, Mrinalini 🙂
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What a wonderful interaction between words and images, Dale! Mouah! ❤🤗
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Thank you so much, Maria. So glad you like. 💞
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Oh, very much! 💖🤗
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Sweet! 🥰😘
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❤😘🤗😘❤🍬
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You found such beauty in the cold, Dale. I love all the colors. Hugs on the wing!
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Thank you, Teagan. I was surrounded by it. So very glad you enjoyed.
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Awww–I feel so special. 💙. I liked how each set can stand alone, but also make a sequence with the stunning photos (wow!). My favorite shadorma is the last one.
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You should 😊
That’s what I tried to do – so few syllables! And my favourite is the last one, too. Thank you! 💞
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You’re welcome!
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🙂
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Fabulous photos and words catch the feel of these moments. It looks beautiful. 💜
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Thank you so much, Willow. So.glad you enjoyed. 🧡
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I did 😁😁😂
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Yay! 🧡💞🧡
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😁😁😁😁
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Lots of beauty, lots of fun
lovely post so nicely done!
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Thank you. Glad you liked, glad you rhyme wish I could do it every time!
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So pretty, but oh so cold!!!
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Thank you, Dawn. It was rather cold (ish) 😉
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Wonderful collection of your observations and photos of your walk.
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Thank you so much, Ina!
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Q
I know it’s easy to say from my atypically warm locale, but cold is good to see. Somewhere. It seems most corners are talking about the relatively mild winters that are happening. Here we had a couple days of snow and then yesterday presented itself as if it were late April and helped to melt everything down.
Beautiful gallery and words for this tour of the last days of January.
B
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B,
Cold is pretty. And it’s funny, because here, too, it warmed up. All the way up to 32 😉 Was enough to turn the pretty fluffy snow into snowman and fort-making snow.
I thank you. So very glad you enjoyed my tour in words and images.
Q
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Cold is also cold. It’s pretty when you have someone with your talents taking snapshots of the cold. And I can swoon over them with my PJ’s on, and a blankey nearby . . .
That’s the best kind of snow. Fort making, snowman building. And don’t forget the snowballs FOR the snowfort.
Loved it.
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Haha! That’s cool 😉 then… as long as you are enjoying with your flannels on, I’m good.
Yes, it is – and boy were there a plethora of forts and snowmen in the past couple of weeks! Just as they were starting to melt and fall apart, this new batch fell.
So glad 🙂
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The flannels, you know it’s winter when I’m breaking out the flannels . . .
Plethora . . to the File!
Nature just keeps on giving, it’s what she does for us earthly souls. And all she asks is that we respect her in return.
MUAH!
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Absolutely! Ya gotta love the softness of the flannels.
Yes! (It might already be there 😉 )
She is most generous to us unworthy lot. I do my best to respect her and showcase her beauties.
MWAH!
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Nothing like it.
It probably is.
You succeed.
MUAH!
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Love it – even have sheets made out of it.
🙂
So lovely of you to say.
MWAH!
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😘
MUAH!
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😘
MWAH!
😘
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😘
MWAH!
😘
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😘😘
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Wonderful photos and the verse that goes with them. Good job Dale.
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Thank you very much, Jan. So glad you enjoyed.
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Thank you for taking me on your walk through your glorious photos!
Those shadows. That light. Enticing. Beguiling. Inspiring. ❤ ❤ ❤
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What a lovely thing to say, Louise. Thank you so very much! 💞💞💞
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As always your prose matches your images. Well done, Dale. Beautiful and poetic work all around.
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You are most kind, Monika. So very pleased you enjoyed!
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Great images and I love your poetic descriptions of exploring the landscape.
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Thank you, Andrea! So very glad you do!
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Magical. Dale.
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Thank you, Jean!
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My pleasure, Dale.
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I love, love, love this, Dale! Thank you for sharing the magic!
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Thank you so much, Jan! So very glad you enjoyed!
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Lovely, enchanting images and words, Dale. What is the name of the little velvety bird at the start?
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Thank you so much, Jilly. It is a black-capped chickadee! A couple held out their hand with seeds in their palms and they would swoop in and take. I tried to capture one but they all turned out blurry.
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Black-capped chickadee! Brilliant! I feel a song coming – my little black-capped chickadee 😉
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Oooh! How wonderful! 🙂
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A glorious, funny, cheerful collection of pics and words – love it! Ta 🙂
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Merci ma Kiki! Happy happy, am I!
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Excellent, Dale. But tell me, did you enjoy the walk the most, the photography, or putting it together for this post? Your enjoyment bubbles all over the screen
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Thank you, Crisp!
Hmmm… good question! I think, if the enjoyment bubbles all over the screen, it’s because the three together were so very enjoyable!
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Ah. Happens. Glad things are going good for you
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True. And thank you 🙂
We make them good, don’t you think?
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We do, I do, you do. 🙂
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Lovely poem, Dale! The melody conveyed the rhythm of slogging through snow, but in a cheerful, determined way. I felt such a sense of recognition when you mentioned heavy legs–that feeling of exhaustion after all that exertion. And the chill and beautiful images interspersed is such a great presentation.
I always find a walk in the woods with you so refreshing!
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Thank you, Andrea!
What an absolutely lovely comment! I don’t know which part I love best 🙂
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The is wonderful, Dale! I love the photos and how you put January into poetry. 🙂
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Thank you, Robin. Glad you liked!
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Wow, I love how it develops as it goes along. I also absolutely love the accompanying photos 😍
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Thank you so much! I appreciate your visit.
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You’re most welcome 🌹
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