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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

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#SilentSunday #trees #winter #quebec #photography

Photograph of three spruce trees of roughly the same size, standing side by side, covered in snow and in the middle of a white, snow-covered field. Behind them is a hill covered in forest and snow, under a very pale blue sky.

Photographie de trois épinettes à peu près de la même grosseur, l'une à côté de l'autre, couvertes de neige et en plein milieu d'un champ enneigé blanc. Derrière se trouve une colline couverte de forêt et de neige, sous un ciel bleu très pâle.

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From a hike last year, where's this winter weather, grey and rain gets old quick 😁

@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 #Eckerö
#Hiking #InMy #Winter #Wonderland

A wintery photo with white ground in a sparse forest, the view continues out over a bay with forest line in the horizon, and a very yellow sun halfway over the forest line.

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Tipp für #Vogelfreunde. Im Winter finden Vögel nicht nur wenig Futter, sondern auch wenig Wasser.

Ich biete meinen gefiederten Gästen seit letztem Jahr eine beheizte #Vogeltränke. Self-made. Letztes Jahr mit Ziegel, diesmal nutze ich eine Terracotta Ofen / Grill. Unten ein 10 Tage Grablicht.

#winter #vogel

#Vogeltränke auf einem Terracotta Grill. Unten ein 10 Tage Grablicht.

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Yay!! "Enough Is Enough" tied for third place in the 12/11/2025 #FineArtAmerica contest "Snow Bird" held by the For The Art Of It group. Thank you to contest administrator, Allison Griffin, and to everyone who voted for my image!

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/enough-is-enough-lois-bryan.html

#art #giftideas #birds #bluebirds #easternbluebirds #digitallyhandpainted #CorelPainter #NotAi #LoisBryan #snow #winter

Yay!! "Enough Is Enough" tied for third place in the 12/11/2025 #FineArtAmerica contest "Snow Bird" held by the For The Art Of It group. Thank you to contest administrator, Allison Griffin, and to everyone who voted for my image!

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/enough-is-enough-lois-bryan.html

#art #giftideas #birds #bluebirds #easternbluebirds #digitallyhandpainted #CorelPainter #NotAi #LoisBryan #snow #winter

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📷 Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F707

#photo #photography #foto #fotografie #sony #monochromatic #blackandwhite #travelphotography #schwarzweiss #schwarzweiß #schwarzweissfotografie #snow #winter

Black and white image of a snowy landscape with bare trees and a wooden fence between two houses. Sunlight casts dramatic shadows, creating a serene, tranquil atmosphere.

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Berry Merry Bunny: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/berry-merry-bunny-lisa-s-baker.html

#merry #berry #bunny #bunnyrabbit #rabbit #poinsettia #flower #animal #cuteanimals #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #fedigiftshop #MerryChristmas #Christmas #holidays #holiday #happyHolidays #greetingcards #ChristmasCards #snow #winter #December #puzzles #festive #red #nature #stationary #mixedmedia #christmas2025

Bring a touch of woodland charm to your holiday décor with Berry Merry Bunny by Lisa S Baker. This sweet illustration features a soft, fluffy bunny nestled among vibrant poinsettia leaves, snowy holly, and clusters of festive red berries, all set against a warm red plaid backdrop. With its cozy mix of classic Christmas florals and whimsical wildlife, this piece makes a delightful addition to seasonal home décor, greeting cards, and gifts. Perfect for animal lovers and holiday enthusiasts alike, this artwork captures the gentle magic of Christmas in the most heartwarming way.

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Now the ice lays its smooth claws on the sill,
The sun looks from the hill
Helmed in his winter casket,
And sweeps his arctic sword across the sky…

—Edwin Muir, “Scotland’s Winter”
from ONE FOOT IN EDEN (Faber, 1956)

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #EdwinMuir #winter

Scotland’s Winter
by Edwin Muir

Now the ice lays its smooth claws on the sill,
The sun looks from the hill
Helmed in his winter casket,
And sweeps his arctic sword across the sky.
The water at the mill
Sounds more hoarse and dull.
The miller’s daughter walking by
With frozen fingers soldered to her basket
Seems to be knocking
Upon a hundred leagues of floor
With her light heels, and mocking
Percy and Douglas dead,
And Bruce on his burial bed,
Where he lies white as may
With wars and leprosy,
And all the kings before
This land was kingless,
And all the singers before
This land was songless,
This land that with its dead and living waits the Judgment Day.
But they, the powerless dead,
Listening can hear no more
Than a hard tapping on the sounding floor
A little overhead
Of common heels that do not know
Whence they come or where they go
And are content
With their poor frozen life and shallow banishment.

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doun riven the tint braith
mawkin scribbles owre the snaw
wee arles o sun-daith
water warstles wechty, slaw …

—Kate Armstrong, “Pantoum fer Winter”
published in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (ASL, 2016)

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

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

Kate Armstrong
Pantoum fer Winter

doun riven the tint braith
mawkin scribbles owre the snaw
wee arles o sun-daith
water warstles wechty, slaw

mawkin scribbles owre the snaw
sternies bou tae the mockrife mune
water warstles wechty, slaw
nou the taid an puddock sloum

sternies bou tae the mockrife mune
houlets hunker saft as haar
nou the taid an puddock sloum
grippit fest in dwinin lair

houlets hunker saft as haar
winter’s nieve is cauld an sterk
grippit fest in dwinin lair
aa maun learn tae dree the mirk

winter’s nieve is cauld an sterk
doun riven the tint braith
aa maun learn tae dree the mirk
wee arles o sun daith

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On the only day of Solstice, my true hate sent to me, a picture as proof of life 😁

I guess the sun aten't ded after all 😂

@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 #Jomala
#Hiking #InMy #Winter #Wonderland

Photo of the setting sun shining over water and through some bare trees.

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Yosemite's Splendor

Winter in Yosemite can be a real adventure. You can't really ever count on anything except that whatever conditions you have at any given moment most likely won't be what you have later. Storms move in and out of the valley on a regular basis.
This was actually captured during one of those periods where the storms stayed away and blue sky was the story of the weekend.

https://pixels.com/featured/yosemites-splendor-bill-gallagher.html

#YosemiteSplendor #BillGallagherPhotography #BuyIntoArt #YosemiteFalls #Winter

Yosemite's Splendor

You’re standing in the stillness of a Yosemite winter morning, the air so cold it bites at your lungs. Before you rises a sheer granite wall, its face washed in soft blue light. A ribbon of water plunges from high above, but the fall is transformed—spray whipped sideways by the night wind has frozen into a delicate white beard clinging to the rock. At the base, a pale snow‑cone mound glows softly, shaped by hours of icy breath.

The waterfall’s movement feels muted, thickened by the frigid air; you can almost hear the muffled, crystalline crackle of frazzle ice forming mid‑drop. Pines at the valley floor stand dark and still, their needles dusted with frost. Above it all, the sky is a clear, piercing blue—the kind that only appears after storms have swept clean and cold through the mountains.

The scene carries a quiet intensity: the sharp scent of frozen earth, the faint roar of water slowed by winter, and the overwhelming sense of nature paused between breath and motion.

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a rare flash of colour

#trees #winter #orange #photography

Photograph of a maple tree with a dark brown trunk and that has retained all its orange autumn leaves this winter. It is surrounded by other smaller trees that have lost their leaves and green conifers in the background. The blanket of white snow on the ground and the very white sky blend together in the background.

Photographie d'un érable au tronc brun très foncé ayant conservé toutes ses feuilles oranges d'automne en hiver. Il est entouré d'autres arbres plus petits ayant perdu leurs feuilles et de conifères verts à l'arrière. Le manteau de neige blanche au sol et le ciel très banc se confondent en arrière-plan.

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And there are even more images I want to share!

#photo #photography #image #snow #winter #plants

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It is late January and at last the snow.
I lie back dreaming about Glencoe
as fluent, hungry, dressed in red,
you climb up and over me…

—Andrew Greig, “The Winter Climbing”
Published in Getting Higher: The Complete Mountain Poems (Polygon, 2011)

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/getting-higher-2/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #mountains #mountaineering #climbing #winter #Glencoe

The Winter Climbing
Andrew Greig

It is late January and at last the snow.
I lie back dreaming about Glencoe
as fluent, hungry, dressed in red,
you climb up and over me. That passion
claimed the darkest, useless months
for risk and play. You rise
up on me, I rise through you ...

The shadowed face of Aonach Dubh
where Mal first took me climbing
and as we clanked exhausted, happy,
downwards through the dark, I asked
“What route was that?” “Call it
what you want – it’s new.”

You reach the top and exit out;
from way above, your cry comes down.
The rope pulls tight. What shall we call
this new thing we’re about?
These days we live in taking
care and chances. Why name it?
My heart is in my mouth as I shout Climbing ...

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I need to keep the light on in my studio this morning. It’s cloudy and dark outside, a typical winter day.

It reminds me of when I was a child in the classroom. The windows were drafty because it was an old school; if my desk was near the window, I had to keep my coat on to stay warm.

Sometimes, it takes next to nothing to awaken old memories.

#Memories #Winter #WinterMemories

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“Of old, Edinburgh University was the scene of heroic snowballing; and one riot obtained the epic honours of military intervention.”

—Robert Louis Stevenson, PICTURESQUE NOTES: EDINBURGH (1878)

🎨 : “Snowballing Outside Edinburgh University”, by Samuel Bough (1822–1878). Watercolour on paper, 1853

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Download PICTURESQUE NOTES as a free ebook from @gutenberg_org

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/382

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #Edinburgh #winter

“Snowballing Outside Edinburgh University”, by Samuel Bough (1822–1878). Watercolour on paper.

A mid-nineteenth-century street scene in Edinburgh. At a street corner, on either side of the road, two groups of youths are throwing snowballs at each other. Some people watch from windows; other onlookers stand by. On one side of the street two women and a child hurry past.

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Christmas Ballerina Donkeys: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/christmas-ballerina-donkeys-lisa-s-baker.html

#donkeys #farm #farmanimals #animals #mammals #cute #tutu #ballerina #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #painting #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativeToots #Christmas #holiday #mixedMedia #winter #MerryChristmas #snow #puzzles #puzzle #greetingcards #festive

Christmas Ballerina Donkeys by Lisa S. Baker is a whimsical winter artwork featuring two charming donkeys dressed in festive red tutus and holiday florals, dancing together in a snowy farmyard. With a rustic barn backdrop and soft winter textures, this piece blends playful humor with cozy holiday charm.

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Fox in Earmuffs - new art available: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/fox-in-earmuffs-lisa-s-baker.html

#fox #foxes #critter #animal #wildlife #illustration #storybook #bundledup #earmuffs #cute #sweet #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #cuteanimals #puzzles #puzzle #greetingcards #winter #scarf #snow #creativeToots #giftideas #animals #animalart

Fox in Earmuffs by Lisa S. Baker is a cozy winter illustration featuring a sweet fox bundled up in soft earmuffs and a scarf as snow gently falls around it. With its peaceful expression and muted seasonal tones, this artwork captures the quiet magic of winter and the simple joy of staying warm in a snowy landscape.

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Snaw is bluffertin’ the toun,
Gurly wunds are roustin’ roun’,
Peety fowk in broken shoon
This winter nicht…

—Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), “Song of Pity for Refugees”
published in Collected Poems (Reprographia, 1971)

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

Song of Pity for Refugees
by Helen Burness Cruickshank

Snaw is bluffertin’ the toun,
Gurly wunds are roustin’ roun’,
Peety fowk in broken shoon
This winter nicht.

Peety help the weary auld,
Claes nor fire to fend aff cauld,
Hoose nor ha’ them safe to hauld
This winter nicht.

Peety wham in a’ the warld
Fortune fell through hell has harled,
Hungert, hameless, broken, marled,
This winter nicht.

Peety men withooten kin,
Ne’er a freend to cry them ben,
Nane their deein’ sauls to sain
This winter nicht.

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Honored that "Red Shed In The Snow" tied for first place in the 12/18/2025 "PLACES Group Winter Logo Contest" held by the #FineArtAmerica Places Group. Many thanks to contest administrator, Jenny Revitz Soper, and to everyone who voted for my image. Congratulations to the other winners!

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/red-shed-in-the-snow-lois-bryan.html

#art #giftideas #LoisBryan #snow #winter Blue Knob All Seasons Resort #NotAi

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“I love winter… I love the peace of the nature reserve with its labyrinths of bare branches and its startling sunsets. I love the blitz of wee birds at the feeders in the garden. I’m not so keen on the damp grey days, I admit. So It’s no hardship to stay at my desk.”

—Val McDermid on how winter fuels her creative process – via @literaryhub

@writingcommunity

https://lithub.com/ice-and-inspiration-an-ode-to-writing-in-winter-from-val-mcdermid/

#Scottish #literature #writing #winter #creativity #crimefiction