Celebrate Winter and Art Series 8: Winter’s Moments

Grand snowy mountains

covered with winter’s moments

sturdy trees stand proud

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 2/3/18

Photo of artwork by Pinterest

Louis Rémy Mignot (1831–1870), Snow Scene 1856

Cinquain for a friend: Shenandoah

Skyline

God’s magic sits

aging changing beauty

majesty of peaceful mountains

Blue Ridge

Cinquain by PamelaWLucas

Inspirational photo by high school friend Earl Ritter taken on one of his many rides through God’s country

Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park presents  the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Shenandoah Valley and the heart of the Appalachian Trail.

Celebrate Winter and Art Series 7: Harmony

Gray day

beasts and humans

work and play time passing

bring wintry moments together

Sturdy

Cinquain by PamelaWLucas 2/1/18

Inspirational photo by Pixabay

George Morland (26 June 1763 in London – 29 October 1804 in Brighton) was an English painter of animals and rustic scenes.

 

Celebrate Winter and Art Series 6: Absolute stillness

first light

sun greets the trees

warmly waking the woods

winter blanket cushions the day

morning

Cinquain by PamelaWLucas 1/31/18

Inspirational photograph by Pinterest

Winter Morning 1907 by Russian post-Impressionist painter Igor Grabar.

Haiku: Blue Community

Huddled and puffed-up

Knowing they need each other

Blue community

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 1/30/18

Inspirational photo by Pinterest

 

Celebrate Winter and Art Series 5: A winter skate

Playing

long-awaited

a frozen slick brings glee

fleeting moments embraced by all

crisp cold

Cinquain by PamelaWLucas 1/29/18

Photo of painting by Pinterest

The Frozen Pond by Fredrik Marinus Kruseman, 1882

Celebrate Winter and Art Series 2: Not forgotten

Under a blanket

Beauty remembered and missed

Cold brings memories

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 1/26/18

Winter (The Vicarage Garden under Snow) by Vincent van Gogh, 1885 painted in the United States
Photograph by Pinterest

Celebrate Winter and Art Series 1: The Magpie

Magpie

how still you are

your wings bask in the sun

you find your place among shadows

tranquil

Cinquain poem by PamelaWLucas 1/25/18

Photograph of the master piece by Pinterest

The Magpie painted by Moet.

Haiku: No buzzing

A hive and hiding
eat honey and protect queen
inside looking out

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 1/23/18

Inspirational photo by Pinterest

Where do honey bees go in winter?

Haiku: Winter huddle

The master builders
Beaver lodge keeps family
til spring thaw arrives

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 1/22/18

Inspirational photo by Pinterest