As if to spare the birds at the feeder
any more competition than they already have
a snowflake drops right past the perches
crowded with finches, nuthatches, sparrows,
and without even thinking to open its wings
settles quietly onto the ground.
~ Ted Kooser. December 23, Cold. Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison
Credits: Snowflake photograph – Snowflakes and Snow Crystals by Alexey Kljatov. (45° F this morning. Cold is coming.)
Live & Learn 
Noooooooooooooooooo!
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🙂 It is early. It is. I get it.
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I love the serenity of this image, but I’m not quite ready to relinquish my grip on fall. It is GORGEOUS here today. Winter can wait….
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It can wait Lori. It can.
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i do love the beauty of gentle snowflakes, and this one was only offering the feeding birds a reminder of their imminent arrival.
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beautiful Beth. I sat outside. Didn’t find any birds at the feeders but did hear a woodpecker working the tree…
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