Written for dVerse. Happy New Year and the first dVerse of the year.
©Sascha Darlington
Weather’s Roller Coaster
I could write of fierce January with winds whirling through the naked willow limbs, gunmetal gray skies unyielding, frigid cold, but it wouldn’t be today, a gift of sunshine and short sleeves.
The calendar indicates winter has arrived, but not the typical weather until tomorrow’s early hours when winds shift, rains pour, and temperatures plummet with the promise of snow in the offing. Even this evening, with the sun set, the temperatures slowly drop and playing voices echo as if it were spring with summer days away.
This is a reason to live in the moment, to enjoy the present of sunshine and balm, a spring-feeling evening in January.
Today’s sun etches
Warmth while spring bulbs peek upward.
Saturday snowfall.
I don’t know what’s worse, constant ‘gunmetal gray skies unyielding, frigid cold’ or rollercoaster weather when you don’t know what to expect from one day to the next – and what might happen to those poor spring shoots?
We’ve launched into below freezing with snow on it’s way. I hope the bulbs make it. Thank you, Kim!
Nice perspective about the present: “to enjoy the present of sunshine and balm”
Thank you so much, Frank!
I too enjoyed the perspective – living and enjoying the present, for it too shall pass.
Thank you, Phyllis!
Winters are like that here, too. One day it’s 18, the next is 40, the next is 60. My friend calls it bipolar weather.
And we just had nearly a foot of snow. Stay tuned. Lol
We had that last week.
It sounds like winter has officially started.
Enjoy that gift of sunshine and balm. Our winter here is brutal so I can relate to the gunmetal grey skies.
I am glad I enjoyed it as well. We’ve had snow since. 🙂 Thank you for reading, Grace.
the brief respite from the cold…love how you embrace it in your haibun!
Thank you, Gina! 🙂