Winter.
Long cold nights with crisp stars shining.
Hauling firewood, feeding the furnace.
Frozen water in the chicken coop.
Sledding tracks down the hill.
Holiday frenzy, over now.
Homemade soup.
Knitting.
Seed catalogs arriving.
Days slowly getting longer.
Deer and fox tracks in the snow.
Almost time to prune the apple trees.
Daylily blooms, still six months away.
Waiting.
