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~ People Who Love Winter ~

In Montana, winter beauty is a beauty all its own

Summer beauty is raw and tall and in your face

Fall beauty is quiet like an expanse of color

Or the patter of a soft falling rain

But winter beauty is all cast in white

With snowflakes that can be as big as your outstretched hand

Softly parading before you

And lighting down on you

Mountains stretch gorgeously in a stark white pose

Full of strength and drama in their new winter clothes

Vain cocky

Arrogant showy

Wintry mountains demand our attention

And GET it!

  Thin slight fingers of ice

Delicately connected

Web through an expanse of naked branches

Holding the tree together

Prisming the rays of a morning sun

Framing it in a halo of grandeur

You appreciate the enormity of such a season

With qualities that contrast and collide

But, together, fit so well

Marked by fragility and strength

Fineness and grandness

Ferocity and gentleness

And keen independence

Taking over your senses

Giving them back only later

Leaving you with precious gifts

Of vivid memories

And distinct pleasures

 ~

Winter in Montana is a lovely time

And is loved

For all the special things

That only it can bring

People who love winter. . .

They love its snow, sports, and fun

From skiing and sledding

To snowmobiling and ice skating

Snow in the country provides a much better time

Than snow in the city!

They love fire from a hearth

Crackling and strong

Warming themselves and loved ones

In a blanketed embrace

Cooking marshmallows on crooked sticks

Deep dark runny

Trying not to burn their tongues

Together with their families

Or special persons in their lives

Affording a sweet intimacy

Only a fire in the winter can bring

They love winter play

Snowpersons

Snow ball fights

Snow down their backs

Or in their pants

And the laughs and shrieks of their children

Who love snow only as children can

They love watching animals

In their winter routines

Going about their tasks

With such apparent ease

Herds of deer walk across iced-over lakes

Journeying to islands for food and sap-breaks

Some fall through the ice every now and again

And scramble back up from their quite chilly dip

Safe and wet, quickly shaking it off

Trot back to the herd

To continue their trip

Winter birds all the while

Flying floating

Gliding drifting

Watch Nature's movements

From far overhead

They love a snow freshly fallen

Pure crisp bright

Like a soft feathery down

And always to the children's delight!

Winter is lots of lovely things

To people who love winter

In Montana

Warmth happens in many ways

I have been warm

during the coldest of Winter's nights

Not only from the heat of an inflamed hearth

Or a wood stove roaring below

Or a cup's rising steam

drifting up my nose

But just

A look toward a window

At a lightly falling snow

Cold icy crystals

Peering in through the glass

Stark white, full of contrast

Twisting, touching in a close, slow dance

Make me feel warm and good

Like nothing else can

Having seen snow in so many ways

Seen through my heart

As well as my eyes

I can only marvel

As it falls and stretches out

That something so cold

As it touches the skin

Can feel deep inside

So incredibly hot!

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