Encased within a crystalline structure
Translucent
Worlds untouched – unknown
Tag: ice
Ice Encased
A glass of wine, winter boots and my daily pilgrimage into the gardens.
These past few weeks the Arctic’s cold breath has ended with a whisper of southern warmth.
Winter’s white morphs into a glass encased landscape.
I take care not to slip and spill my wine…
Ice droplets on Whitch-hazel
Frozen
What was once a liquid is now a solid
It wraps itself around all it touches
Freezing as it follows paths dictated by gravity
Almost invisible to human sight small imperfections glisten like encrusted crystals
As warmth creeps back into the valleys what is first an almost imperceptible sound becomes louder as the melting ice releases itself from branches and berries and crashes to the forest floor
The Iris and the Lily 