Coming down out of the freezing sky
with its depths of light,
like an angel, or a Buddha with wings,
it was beautiful, and accurate,
striking the snow and whatever was there
with a force that left the imprint
of the tips of its wings — five feet apart —
and the grabbing thrust of its feet,
and the indentation of what had been running
through the white valleys of the snow —
and then it rose, gracefully,
and flew back to the frozen marshes
to lurk there, like a little lighthouse,
in the blue shadows —
so I thought:
maybe death isn’t darkness, after all,
but so much light wrapping itself around us —
as soft as feathers —
that we are instantly weary of looking, and looking,
and shut our eyes, not without amazement,
and let ourselves be carried,
as through the translucence of mica,
to the river that is without the least dapple or shadow,
that is nothing but light — scalding, aortal light —
in which we are washed and washed
out of our bones.
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Sunday, 17 November 2013
Celebrate..it's christmas..well nearly
What a day..visitors and a computer that doesn't want to play. Today has been the day of the frozen computer..let's switch it off and start again..lol Everyone knows that I'm not very good with the technical things...so today has really tried every nerve that I have. It has taken half an hour to write this much..I know I can be rather slow but this..I think todays chat will be a short one..lol.
The card is from Joanna Sheens Triple House Mouse cdrom. There are just so many images on the 3 cds..you are really spoilt for choice. And happily for those of us who love this artwork..the hoppers and gruffies are due to arrive on their own cd come the end of the week. I will be one happy bunny...any guesses for what animal I adore?
Well my lovely computer man has just arrived so I'm off to pick his brain. This is probably my shortest blog and has taken the longest time..lets hope things improve by tomorrow. So until then...take care and happy crafting.
*challenges entered*
Joanna Sheen - Celebrate
Sparkles Forum Challenge - Animals
Rubys Rainbow - Pink and Blue
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very charming and adorable!
ReplyDeletethank you so much for playing along with us at ruby's rainbow challenges!
hugs and kisses from germany,
silvi xoxo
Very sweet! I love HM too they're just so cute. Beautiful colours and I love all the poinsettias. Hope you got your computer problems fixed! Thanks for sharing with us at Sparkles this month, hope to see you again.
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Brenda
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Super cute. The flowers look great in the pink and blue.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at Ruby's Rainbow for our 'Pink & Blue' challenge.
Hugs Helen P xx
A cute Christmas card. Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Monthly. Caz
ReplyDeleteHi Genny fab card love the colour and poinsettia
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Joanna Sheen
Ruby's Rainbow
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Hope to see you again
hugs Shaz DT xx