Winter Palette of Color

A palette of gray

Colors the winter landscape

Till one looks deeper.

~ Lynn Amber

On my walk today, it was windy and cold and as I started out everything just seemed to me to be shades of gray. I started looking closer and noticed – the white bark of the birch trees scattered through the forest, the golden brown persistent leaves of the young beech trees, the bright green leaves of winter ferns. Sometimes we just need to be still and focus – and observe the natural world around us. And then all is right with the world again.

When I got back home, I retrieved my good camera and wandered around my overgrown front garden. I was reminded that even winter provides us with gifts when we take the time to look.