In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.
~ Christina
Rossetti
Or maybe not so long ago. I spent an hour or so wandering around Lakeshore State Park recently, in a light snowstorm. Bleak, but exhilarating nonetheless. Some stark, snowy photos:
