Eggplant.place

53d

Off Lindisfarne
the waves shiver like monks
at their ablutions.

Under high horizontals
of ice-cloud, the sky
scrubbed clean as a dairy.

The train darts north,
hungry as a tongue…

—Alison Fell, “January, 5”
published in LIGHTYEAR (Smokestack Books, 2005)

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/january-5/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #winter

January, 5
by Alison Fell

Off Lindisfarne
the waves shiver like monks
at their ablutions.

Under high horizontals
of ice-cloud, the sky
scrubbed clean as a dairy.

The train darts north,
hungry as a tongue.

Only the exile longs for
the words to name a country:

either live it or learn,
at a bare table,

ancestral silence, like a rumble
deep in the loch’s throat,

the forgotten song
of the curling-stone,

the snow slipping like white meat
from the bones of the mountain.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

117d

The delicate motion of a Golden-crowned Kinglet on a frosty morning.

https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/the-delicate-motion-of-a-golden-crowned-kinglet-ez-lorenz.html
Discount Code : FPMRMC, Valid until 11.06.25

#Washington #PNW #Winter #Frost #Morning #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #BirdPhotography #Art #ArtForSale #ArtPrints #Prints #GreetingCards #Gifts #Giftideas #FediGiftShop #FediArt #MastoArt #Sunday #Birthday #Holiday #ThankYou #BirdLovers #NatureLovers

The smallest songbird of North-America, the Golden-crowned Kinglet flits near a branch laden with frosty clusters. The softly blurred background enhances the focus on the bird's delicate movement.
Taken in Edmonds, Washington state

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

116d

Good Morning! A little snowman cheer to start your day: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/poinsettias-snowman-lisa-s-baker.html

#snowman #winter #poinsettia #flower #flowers #floral #snow #Christmas #holiday #wintertime #Christmas2025 #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #mastocart #fediart #fediverse #fedigiftshop #CreativeToots #Monday #festive #greetingcards #ChristmasCards #holidays #HolidaySeason #giftideas #shopsmall #artist #artistsonmastodon #happy #joyful #pretty

Poinsettias Snowman / Holiday Art by Lisa S Baker. A cheerful snowman stands amidst a wintry landscape adorned with vibrant red poinsettias. The snowman, with a joyful expression, wears a top hat decorated with berries and a large bow around its neck. Golden snowflakes and frosty trees in the background add an enchanting touch.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

78d

They try to cut you down, but you keep getting back up 😊

@outdoor @nature @photography @photography@lemmy.world @Nature@lemmy.world @hiking@lemmy.world @hiking

#Tree #Trees
#ThursdayTrek #Thursday #Trekm #OC
#NaturePhotography #Nature #Photography #Photo
#November #Southern #Finland #Archipelago #Åland #Eckerö
#Hiking #InMy #Winter #Wonderland

Forrest photo of a treestump with the top covered in snow, but through the snowcover the tiniest little pinetree is coming up.

ALT

1 1 0 View Post & Replies See Original

77d

On a December hike a few years ago I accidentally took a photo I feel should be been named "The centuries hottest Christian Rock album cover!" 😂

@outdoor @nature @photography @photography@lemmy.world @Nature@lemmy.world @hiking@lemmy.world @hiking
@music

#MusicMemes #Music #Memes
#Christian #Rock #ChristianRock
#FridayFrolic #Friday #Frolic
#ThursdayTrek #Thursday #Trek
#OC
#NaturePhotography #Nature #Photography #Photo
#November #Southern #Finland #Archipelago #Åland #Eckerö
#Hiking #InMy #Winter #Wonderland

Photo of a woman and her dog looking nonchalant on a rocky shoreline covered in snow with a calm sea, blus skies, and a cloudbelt in the distance.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

Uncle's Garage Xmas Illumination

#ガレージ #garage #クリスマスイルミネーション #xmasillustration #ウィンターイルミネーション #winterillustration #イルミネーション #illumination #xmas #winter #photography #winterphotography #マストドン写真部 #mastodonphotoclub

Edited 1y ago

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

77d

Learn from this picture how we journey in this world
Slithering as we go, the foolish and the wise…

—John Burnside, “Pieter Brueghel: Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird Trap, 1565”
from BLACK CAT BONE (Jonathan Cape, 2011)

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/412331/black-cat-bone-by-john-burnside/9780224093859

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #art #visualart #Bruegel #winter #JohnBurnside

John Burnside
Pieter Brueghel: Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird Trap, 1565

Learn from this picture how we journey in this world
Slithering as we go, the foolish and the wise

We have to imagine the duties they leave behind
for the thrill of the river,
the kitchens and middens, the sheepfolds and clouded byres,
the old folk in their sick beds
mumbling prayers.

The day is bright
and this is their escape
from hardship,
but each has his private hurt, her secret dread:
the man who starts thirsty and tired, his body soured
with last nights schnapps,
then skates out to the bridge at breakneck speed,
away from the loveless matron he’s had to endure
for decades; the woman in blue and grey, keeping pace with her child,
untroubled for now, but never released from the fear
that her husband will catch her wasting his precious time
and beat her as he’s beaten her for years,
the moment he gets her home.

At midstream, the children play
with makeshift hockey sticks and, near the church,
a man finds the thoughtless grace
of the boy he once was
to glide free
in the very eye of heaven;
it could be simple – paradise foreseen –
but up on the rightmost bank, amid thorns and briars,

ALT

someone has built a bird trap from a plank
set on a perch, from which a length of rope
snakes to a half-closed door,
and all around it, birds dip from the air,
starlings and fieldfares, redwings, unaware
of any danger.

It seems a fable and perhaps it is:
we live in peril, die from happenstance,
a casual slip, a fault line in the ice;
but surely it’s the other thought that matters,
the sense that, now and then, there’s still a chance
a man might slide towards an old
belonging, momentarily involved
in nothing but the present, skating out
towards a white
horizon, fair
and gifted with the grace
to skate forever, slithering as he goes,
but hazarding a guess that someone else
is close beside him, other to his other.

ALT

A 1565 oil painting on an oak panel, attributed to the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It shows a village scene where numerous small people skate on a frozen river, while on the right among trees and bushes, birds gather around a bird trap – a heavy wooden board propped up on a single stick, with a few crumbs underneath the board. A string is attached to the stick and leads off to a small dark hole in a wall at the very edge of the painting.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

111d

They shared the fire, the warmth, the moment, and through it all encouraged one another.

The fire was not the only element that added warmth to that cold day.

The Warming canvas print -- https://stevehendersonart.com/featured/the-warming-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #winter #cold #snow #share #fire #glow #warmth #joy #weather #decor #artist #season #humanity #nature

Canvas print of a couple warming their hands by the fire.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

109d

Plaid Tidings - whimsical Christmas art: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/plaid-tidings-lisa-s-baker.html

#polarbear #bear #penguin #red #plaid #christmas #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoArt #artprints #canvasprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #holiday #christmasdecor #greetingcards #holidaycards #cuteart #cuteanimals #cute #red #puzzles #puzzle #woodprints #totes #festive #winter #December

Celebrate the season with Plaid Tidings by Lisa S Baker. A heartwarming holiday artwork featuring an adorable penguin in a cozy red hat standing beside a friendly polar bear. Surrounded by a snow-dusted evergreen tree and twinkling snowflakes, this charming duo is set against a festive red plaid backdrop. Perfect for bringing cheer to your holiday décor, this whimsical winter scene captures the magic of friendship, coziness, and Christmas joy. A delightful choice for seasonal wall art, greeting cards, and festive gifts.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

Spent about 2 hours working outside in 22°F temperatures with a 11°F windchill. Brisk! My toes are all that really got cold so it looks like I'm layering socks next time I do this.

#maine #winter

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

113d

Today I had great fun creating this paper collage for day 1 of the Mix or Match Collage Challenge by FineArtAmerica.
Hope you enjoy it too!

Birds in a winter forest - Watercolor, acrylics, paper collage
--> https://karenkasparartprints.com/featured/birds-in-a-winter-forest-paper-collage-karen-kaspar.html

#collage #paper #art #painting #kunst #contemporaryArt #watercolor #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdArt #nature #NatureLover #wildlife #vogel #cute #animals #handmade #MastoArt #FediGiftShop #arte #InteriorDesign #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #winter #trees #gifts #snow

Birds in a Winter Forest is a handmade paper collage by artist Karen Kaspar.
In a snowy winter landscape in soft blue tones, three bright red birds sit on bare branches of tall, slender tree trunks that stand out in dark brown against the light winter background. Large white snowflakes are falling.
The tree trunks and branches were painted on paper with acrylic paint and then mounted as a collage on the watercolor background and combined with the watercolor birds.
The winter picture is minimalist and conveys a calm and peaceful atmosphere.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

76d

et un jour j'ai découvert la neige

#snow #caturday #cats #winter

0 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

104d

Josh is doing a 10k run tomorrow in Providence so the plan is that I'd bike to PVD to meet him at the finish line. He estimates he'd finish around 10:15am, so I'd leave by 7:30am

It'd be 31 F with wind chill as low as 21 F in the morning

I'll put on my warmest layers. I got toe warmer today. Good luck to me.

#cycling #winter #bike #wintercycling #boston

3 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

77d

#winter #river #forest #photography

Photograph of a river partially covered in ice and snow, with a fast current, a small waterfall and rapids, bordered by forest on both sides. The photo is taken from above, from a bridge over the river.

Photographie d'une rivière partiellement recouverte de glace et de neige, avec un débit rapide, une petite chute et des rapides, bordée de forêt de chaque côté. La photo est prise de haut, à partir d'un pont au-dessus de la rivière.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

76d

#monochrome #blackandwhite #winter #photography

Black and white photograph of a short wooden post, around which a metal chain has been wrapped, in the snow in the sun. The post has a small cap of snow on top, and snow has also accumulated on the chain. This post is placed along a dirt path, and the chain can be stretched to another similar post on the other side to block access.

Photographie noir et blanc d'un court poteau de bois, autour duquel une chaîne de métal a été entourée, dans la neige au soleil. Le poteau a un petit chapeau de neige sur le dessus et de la neige s'est aussi collée dans la chaîne. Ce poteau est placée le long d'un chemin de terre et la chaîne peut être étirée jusqu'à un autre poteau semblable de l'autre côté pour empêcher l'accès.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

103d

Toasty. #grickledoodle #frog #winter #cold #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

A cartoon illustration of a happy frog snuggled under in bed under an electric blanket. Caption reads "He'd heard the old metaphor of a frog in boiling water, but he was pretty sure his electric blanket was a different, safer matter all together."

ALT

0 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

101d

Smoke in the woods
like someone walking in a silent film
beside the tracks…

—John Burnside, “Signal Stop, Near Horsley”
published in SELECTED POEMS (Cape, 2006)

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/389400/selected-poems-by-burnside-john/9780224078030

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #winter #JohnBurnside

Signal Stop, Near Horsley
John Burnside

Smoke in the woods
like someone walking in a silent film
beside the tracks.

A shape I recognise – not smoke, or not just smoke,
and not just snow on hazels
or fox-trails from the platform to the trees,

but winter, neither friend
nor stranger, like the girl I sometimes glimpse

at daybreak near the crossing, in a dress
of sleet and berries, gazing at the train.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

103d

"Hearth" 🔥
Art by Elisabeth Alba

#cats #winter #cozy #illustration #cute #art

An ink and watercolor illustration of the interior room of an old cottage, the kitchen. There is a blazing hearth with pots and pans, a bench with a plate of scones, a barrel filled with more firewood, and a stool with a black cat sitting on top. Outside the window is night and a snow-covered fir tree.

ALT

0 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

105d

Are you already in the winter spirit?

Here's my latest hand-painted watercolor for you – Christmas kitty in snow – Enjoy!

--> https://karenkasparartprints.com/featured/christmas-kitty-in-snow-karen-kaspar.html

#winter #christmas #giftideas #art #painting #cats #caturday #CatLovers #pets #cute #animals #kitten #AnimalArt #PetPortrait #tuxedocats #ArtForSale #giftideas #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #aquarelle #handmade #TraditionalArt #kunst #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #kitty #kittens #katze #BuyIntoArt #CatsOfMastodon #MastoArt #FediGiftShop

A cute black and white kitten sits in the snow wearing a red Santa hat with a white bobble. A red Christmas ornament lies next to it. The background is created in soft blue tones as an abstract winter landscape. Snowflakes trickle gently from the sky and spread a wintery atmosphere. The little Tuxedo cat with green eyes is smiling and looking forward to Christmas.
The bright red Christmas baubles and the Santa hat adds a festive touch to the scene.
Christmas kitten in the snow is a hand-painted watercolor painting in portrait format by artist Karen Kaspar.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

52d

I know I asked for this kind of weather, but did it have to come with a -15C temperature🤔 Beware what you wish for I guess 😂

@outdoor @nature @photography @photography@lemmy.world @Nature@lemmy.world @hiking@lemmy.world @hiking @joinin

#PhotoMonday #Photo #Monday #OC
#NaturePhotography #Nature #Photography #Photo
#January #Southern #Finland #Archipelago #Åland #Mariehamn
#Hiking #InMy #Winter #Wonderland

Picture of a snowy landscape through some bushy trees with a low sun shining through some thin clouds.

ALT

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

77d

北海道「天に続く道」の直線を構成する道走破してみた

I completed the straight stretch of Hokkaido's "Road to Heaven"

*High Quality to Instagram, YouTube

#天に続く道 #斜里町 #sharitown #斜里郡 #sharidistrict #北海道 #hokkaido #ドラレコ #dashcam #国道334号 #route334 #国道244号 #route244 #道 #road #roadphotography #冬 #winter #winterphotography #雪 #snow #snowphotography #photography #videography

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

97d

I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion
Has broken Nature’s social union,
An’ justifies that ill opinion,‍‍
‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍ ‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Which makes thee startle,
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,‍‍
‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍ ‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍An’ fellow-mortal!

—Robert Burns, “To a Mouse, On turning her up in her Nest, with the Plough, November 1785”

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #RobertBurns #Scots #Scotlsanguage #environmentalism #naturewriting #18thCentury #Romanticism #November #winter