December 26, 2018

Perfect time of year
to curl up by the fire- dream
of summer flowers.

December 25, 2018

Sweet spices fill air,
annual gingerbread baked-
it feels like Christmas.

December 24, 2018

Christmas is coming
round the mountain quickly- soon
it will be a wrap.

December 22, 2018

One by one, bite by
bite, you'll vanish- sweet stepping
stones through holidays.

December 19, 2018

Unrepresented,
Christmas squid- product of my
cabin fevered mind.

December 18, 2018

Christmas grows closer,
one more day crossed off- Advent
calendar nears end.

December 15, 2018

The days fall away,
each one shorter and darker-
stumbling to Christmas.

December 12, 2018

Rain-soaked West Coast night,
probably no white Christmas-
we're okay with that.

December 10, 2018

Anticipation
grows day by day- Christmas is
different with kids.

December 2, 2018

Fresh boughs gathered, a
reminder of December,
knocking at door- wreath.

December 1, 2018

Child's look of wonder,
December's a strange time of
year- o Christmas tree.

November 22, 2018

Nothing delights like
red poinsettias- Christmas
then seems less daunting.

November 19, 2018

Hot pink arrests the
eye, sun or clouds, fall colours
are muted- feast now.

September 26, 2018

While nature conspires,

moving us to winter- I

prepare for the worst.

December 28, 2017

Post holiday binge
means something different to
all- and to me now.

December 27, 2017

Passionate red at
time of endless grey- gift from
my Amaryllis.

December 26, 2017

We’re at the tail end
of Christmas, year- some embrace
it more than others.

December 25, 2017

A Christmas surprise,
a winter wonderland- new
world for great and small.

December 24, 2017

Mount Baker, frosted,
glistens in distance- will we
have a white Christmas?

December 23, 2017

Pirate octopus
gingerbread taunts me with sweet
tentacles-eat me!