40 Replies to “April Ice”

  4. blondie63 – I love crochet, knitting, photography, dogs, cooking, baking, scrapbooking, music ,blogging and did I mention dogs? I also love to collect movies which is a big hobby of mine!
    Lisa says:

    Burrrrrrr! Nice poem to go with your lovely pic!! It’s rainy and chilly in. Y neck of the woods! Bring on the warm sun!!

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  5. Donna L. Sadd – I'm the author/writer/illustrator of LUCCI THE NO SMOOCHIE POOCHIE, a cute little rhyming children's Kindle eBook and printed book about funny dogs. I love kids, I love books, and I love animals but most of all I love kids' books about animals!
    Donna L. Sadd says:

    Love it!

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  6. Pingback: #NaPoWriMo – Day 13 – WILD AT HEART – Lantern #Poetry | Donna L Sadd
  9. leiflife – I have lived most of my life as a dancer,but I have been daughter, sister, lover, wife, mother and, more recently, grandmother, writer, sculptor, musician, and visual artist. Balancing all these aspects of my life continues to be a challenge. I was born on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, but have also lived in New Orleans, Texas, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York City. My father was the artist and naturalist, Walter Inglis Anderson, and my mother was Agnes Grinstead Anderson, an elementary school teacher and a writer. As a child, I loved to dance naturally, inspired by the trees, birds, wind, and waves that greeted my every day. Eventually, I took lessons and my mother encouraged my dream of becoming a great ballerina. I studied ballet with Lelia Haller in New Orleans, and the atmosphere of competition, and the sense that one could never be good enough, daunted my dreams and exhausted my spirit and body. In 1965, Three things happened to free me from the tyrannical world of ballet and move me further toward the balance my soul craved. I discovered Isadora Duncan, the great revolutionist of modern dance, I gave birth to my daughter, Moira, and my artist father died. From here on I would claim the freedom to explore and express the whole of my life through dancing. I was free to become the many-faceted star I was born to be. Since then I have mothered and performed, loved and written poetry, taught the dance technique I called Airth (after the balancing forces of air and earth). I have shared my life with husband or lover, raised my children and kissed them goodby and hello repeatedly. I have also kissed my students goodby and enjoyed teaching workshops from which I could walk away, glad to relax in the company of various dogs and cats. I have read huge quantities of extraordinary books, making friends with the authors through their engaging characters. I have also written poems, memoirs, children's books, and one novel. I have two published books: DANCING THROUGH AIRTH and DANCING WITH MY FATHER. My brush and ink drawings, sculptures, and paintins dance through the homes of strangers while I make occasional journies to Paris and dance anonymously on Paris Streets. At age sixty-five, one is tempted to settle into complacency, to say "I have done the best I can; so be it. I would rather die.
    leiflife says:

    So sad…like frozen tears. Even the trees behind reflect the fallen hopes. Too beautiful to bear…

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  10. I love the “slides” as well as the “glaze” metaphor. Another day by a warm fire?

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  12. And didn’t it, though! As much as I am looking forward to spring, I will revel in another weekend forcing me to read and write under my blanket on the couch.

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  18. Nice picture. It’s freezing here too. Had a little snow in the air this morning. Thanks for the like of my Weekly Photo Challenge post representing Change.

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  20. maureenc – south east Queensland – Supposedly retired ,I fit my fabric and fibre fanaticism in with sharing my life with , family and friends and a few other activities My star sign is Cancer;I love being near the ocean and live on the shores of Moreton Bay in SEQ;I enjoy listening to music of many genre,but prefer instrumental to vocal; Reading....I always have a couple of books and magazines on the "go" simultaneously;
    maureenc says:

    Poor Spring! I love the photo and the words! Living in a sub tropical climate I know know of the hardships of ice and snow, and see only the beauty

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  21. hm-m-m, well put. There is something nice about spring ice.

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  25. typewriterpoet – I enjoy many poetry styles but enjoy short poetry the most and a little bit of microfiction, but the challenge of a long poem has it's enjoyment as well!
    typewriterpoet says:

    yesterday was just a tease, more cold and ice LOL! Stay warm and safe!

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  28. RasmaSandra – Riga, Latvia – I have returned to my homeland the U.S. and am presently living in Daytona Beach, Florida. I was born in N.Y.C. I love to write articles and poetry and have four blogs. I love rock and roll, cooking, reading, poetry and traveling.
    Rasma R says:

    Lovely. I love it when all the ice breaks up and the rivers begin flowing freely. Today on this side of the world in Riga, Latvia they are going to blast ice up in a river here this afternoon.

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  33. Wendy L. Macdonald – Comox Valley – Living for Jesus, loving Him, and listening for His voice bring me great joy. I'm an inspirational writer who also loves photographing creation and making handbound journals. ~ My faith is not shallow because I've been rescued from the deep. ~ Blessings ~ Wendy ❀ https://wendylmaccreations.etsy.com
    greenlightlady says:

    Lovely photo and clever words!

    Blessings ~ Wendy

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  36. LB – I'm a woman who loves spending time on the motorcycle and in, or on, any body of water. I love traveling and reading, baking and cooking, taking way too many pictures, and enjoying my family and friends. Life is an adventure, and I want to remember and express my joy for it! This is a journal for me ... so I'll never forget the good times and to remind me of them on more challenging days.
    LB says:

    We had there here as well! 6 inches of snow followed by a gorgeous 50 degree day.

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  40. Like this photo, wish have this in my country – the only moment I saw this similarity is in my frozen refrigerator 😀

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