“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till summer comes again’.”
Lewis Carroll, Alices’ Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
(photograph: Julie Cook-Backyard 2010)
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Beautiful photo! But I know how you feel…