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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

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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,

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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.

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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.

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46d

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.

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44d

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.

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325d

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

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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
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#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.

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11d

et un jour j'ai découvert la neige

#snow #caturday #cats #winter

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39d

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

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#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.

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#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.

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37d

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."

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35d

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.

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37d

"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.

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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.

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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

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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

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

Wee, sleekit, cowran, tim’rous beastie,
O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,‍‍
Wi’ bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee‍‍
Wi’ murd’ring pattle!

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!

I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve;
What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!
A daimen-icker in a thrave‍‍
’S a sma’ request:
I’ll get a blessin wi’ the lave,‍‍
An’ never miss’t!

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Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin!
Its silly wa’s the win’s are strewin!
An’ naething, now, to big a new ane,‍‍
O’ foggage green!
An’ bleak December’s winds ensuin,‍‍
Baith snell an’ keen!

Thou saw the fields laid bare an’ waste,
An’ weary Winter comin fast,
An’ cozie here, beneath the blast,‍‍
Thou thought to dwell,
Till crash! the cruel coulter past‍‍
Out thro’ thy cell.

That wee-bit heap o’ leaves an’ stibble
Has cost thee monie a weary nibble!
Now thou’s turn’d out, for a’ thy trouble,‍‍
But house or hald,
To thole the Winter’s sleety dribble,‍‍
An’ cranreuch cauld!

But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men‍‍
Gang aft agley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,‍‍
For promis’d joy!

Still, thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me!
The present only toucheth thee:
But Och! I backward cast my e’e,‍‍
On prospects drear!
An’ forward, tho’ I canna see,‍‍
I guess an’ fear!

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Another older hike but I did actually see a small patch of blue sky IRL the other day, it's been like two months 🎉

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

#SilentSunday #Silent #Sunday
#OC
#NaturePhotography #Nature #Photography #Photo
#November #Southern #Finland #Archipelago #Åland #Finström
#Hiking #InMy #Winter #Wonderland

P.S if your country doesn’t have the freedom to roam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_to_roam there’s something inherently wrong.

Photo of an frozen over bay through some branches and forrest cvered shoreline on the other side with blue sky above.

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32d

Cauld, cauld as the wall
That rins frae under the snaw
On Ben a’Bhuird…

—Nan Shepherd, “Cauld, cauld as the wall”
published in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (ASL, 2017)

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #winter

Nan Shepherd
Cauld, cauld as the wall

Cauld, cauld as the wall
That rins frae under the snaw
On Ben a’Bhuird,
And fierce, and bricht,
This water’s nae for ilka mou,
But him that’s had a waucht or noo
Nae wersh auld waters o the plain
Can sloke again,
But aye he clim’s the weary hicht
To fin’ the wall that lowps like licht,
Caulder than mou can thole, and aye
The warld cries out on him for fey.

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32d

I think it's my first time walking over Charles on Longfellow bridge! I've biked millions of times but never walked! Such a beautiful city!

#boston #BeaconHill #LongfellowBridge #CharlesRiver #sunset #winter

Longfellow bridge looking into Boston beacon hill

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The night tinkles like ice in glasses.
Leaves are glued to the pavement with frost.
The brown air fumes at the shop windows,
Tries the doors, and sidles past…

—Norman MacCaig, “November night, Edinburgh”
published in The Poems of Norman MacCaig (Birlinn, 2011)

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-poems-of-norman-maccaig/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #November #winter #Edinburgh #normanmacCaig

Norman MacCaig
November night, Edinburgh

The night tinkles like ice in glasses.
Leaves are glued to the pavement with frost.
The brown air fumes at the shop windows,
Tries the doors, and sidles past.

I gulp down winter raw. The heady
Darkness swirls with tenements.
In a brown fuzz of cottonwool
Lamps fade up crags, die into pits.

Frost in my lungs is harsh as leaves
Scraped up on paths. – I look up, there,
A high roof sails, at the mast-head
Fluttering a grey and ragged star.

The world’s a bear shrugged in his den.
It’s snug and close in the snoring night.
And outside like chrysanthemums
The fog unfolds its bitter scent.

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Cozy Cabin In The Snow

At my website as #wallart, #coffeemugs, #throwpillows, #puzzles and more! https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/cozy-cabin-in-the-snow-lois-bryan.html

A cozy A-frame cabin snuggles into the falling snow at the end of a soft winter's day in Central #Pennsylvania.

Hand painted digitally in #CorelPainter 2023 using one of my own images as a starting point. It was not created using any Ai (artificial intelligence) software programs.

#art #giftideas #buyintoart #winter #snow #notai #digitalhandpainting #cozy #LoisBryan

Cozy Cabin In The Snow ...

At my website as #wallart, #coffeemugs, #throwpillows, #puzzles and more! https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/cozy-cabin-in-the-snow-lois-bryan.html

Also at #FineArtAmerica: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cozy-cabin-in-the-snow-lois-bryan.html

A cozy A-frame cabin snuggles into the falling snow at the end of a soft winter's day in Central #Pennsylvania. Behind the #cabin and camouflaged by the muted grays and whites of the season the land slopes down and that's where the fun really happens. Skiers and snow boarders can be heard whooping and laughing fro morning well into night when the snow pack is good and the white stuff has been flying. Built in 1967 the little cabin sits square in a place of memories and happy times for many over the years ... that's the #LaurelHighland's #BlueKnobMountain.

I hand painted this image digitally in #CorelPainter 2023 using one of my own images (not from stock or public domain) as a starting point ... having fun with a great variety of brushes and techniques. It was not created using any Ai (artificial intelligence) software programs.

#art #giftideas #buyintoart #winter #snow #notai #digitalhandpainting #cozy #LoisBryan

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One of my favourite winter-themed books is The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.

What are some of your favorite books that are set during the winter and feature that season heavily in the storyline?

#Winter #Books

@bookstodon

Book cover for The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Image on cover is a drawing of a young white girl wearing red gloves, a brown hat, and a blue winter coat. She’s partially hiding in a forest behind a birch tree that has a white trunk. There’s a fox peeking out behind another birch tree beside her.

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I'm happily announce to you the start of our campaign to raise $3,500 for #winter pyjamas!!

❄️I'm starting the campaign by asking you to support our goal amount and help us purchase winter pyjamas for the children in the camp! Each pair is around $150-$170, and I wanna make sure that each and every one of the children is able to get a pair to stay extra warm for the weather🧣🧤!

❄️help us stay warm too!!
Let’s do it TOGETHER!! ✨
#gaza #palestine @fabio @aral @davidculley
https://chuffed.org/project/help-mai-and-the-gaza-camp-kids