Baubles in Snow © 2007
This is south central Wisconsin. We are windy, foggy, snowy. Today relatives are arriving at my front door from New York City, San Francisco, and Chicago. Travel is iffy. Christmas is iffy. The presents are under the tree, the food is planned, the cookies are made, the beds are made, and the wine has been purchased for out 1st Annual Wine Tasting Christmas Eve Party.
Now we’ll see if the most important part of Christmas, our loved ones, arrive safely.
Snow fell throughout the winter wrapped city,
sweeping the streets and sidewalks, snowflakes dancing with the ice crystals.
All was white and wild.
Winter’s zenith.
In the depths of a darkened, shadowy building
the lamps glowed throughout the longest night. The lamps glowed.
Solstice. The longest night of the year. December 22 at 1:08 am was the mid-point between the equinoxes. From now on, we folk in the Northern Hemisphere will be ‘seeing the light.’
To all, a celebration.
Wisconsin Capitol Lighting © 2007
You never know what you’ll see around the next corner. Sometimes there’s just barely enough light to make things out, but those arches and 47 different colors of marble on every imaginable surface make for scrumptious eye candy.
Antique lights fill the hallways of the Wisconsin State Capitol Building, Madison, Wisconsin
Lighting Fixture in Capitol © 2007
The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web. ~ Pablo Picasso
Antique lighting fixture on the third balcony of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Surprises and delights abound wherever the eye falls. Madison, Wisconsin
Bench in Winter © 2007
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
A snow plow would be delightful.
But the white is sure pretty, so . . .
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
We love snow in Wisconsin. But if we could dig out just enough to sit on the bench before we board the bus, it would be nice.
Madison, Wisconsin – 25.5 inches of snow in December and counting. More to come 3 out of the next 5 days.
BTW. The city is out of money for plowing and sanding the streets for the rest of the year. Hope it doesn’t snow on December 24th.
