Tuesday 12 January 2010

Whiter Yet


Many have enjoyed the visual beauty of the snow over the last weeks . The trees have been specially wonderful. I've been prevented from getting up to Blacka simply because of problems in my own street.
But today after much shovelling and cooperative pushing we finally got out. The scene on Blacka was different. This was not pretty. It was whiter than ever. But wildness was all around.

The words 'winter wonderland' have been overdone in the media. Blacka today was neither lovely nor conventionally picturesque. Nor could you give it any other human attribute. Its whiteness was in some ways alien and compelling for that.


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