Snow blankets
the yard,
becoming
a canvas
for Earth’s day star
to dabble in art,
line drawings 
move
through the day.
Evening erases
newly drawn sketches.
Canvas prepped for
tomorrow.
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elsie tries writing 
“Dabble” and “prep,” two wonderful verbs for the sun and evening. Love this piece. Pictures are phenomenal.
Oooooooo I love this poem. You chose your few words so carefully. I really enjoyed the snowy pictures too!
You are always an inspiration for what you can find when you just look. I have long been enamored by shadows and their unique beauty. So cool the way you looked for new drawings daily.
Wow – beautiful poem and photos with the sun and the shadows. Love the dark contrast on the snow.
Love this! I love to look at tree cast shadows on the snow.
What an awesome poem, elsie! This is truly an example of noticing the world around you. Well done!
Jennifer
love it!
I loved the way you played with the textures of shadows, Elsie – just beautiful.
Beautiful! I loved the pictures too– the blanket of snow covering your backyard is so serene and untouched; our perfect blanket will last for about 20 minutes until the dogs are begging to go out and play in it.
The sun is quite an artist. Wish I had some of that talent. The pictures are great and now they are preserved and exhibited.
How often have I watched the shadows in the snow…but never thought of them as the sun’s artwork. Now I will…and as you said…ever changing. The pictures you took compliment your words…all so beautiful. I think I will take some of my own sun art since we still have the canvas of snow.
This is a beautiful, artistic piece of writing. I love the phrase “earth’s day star”; I had to ponder for a moment what you meant but then I got it. Such a beautiful metaphor…so simple, yet so elegantly crafted.
Love those shadows – wow! Thank you for sharing!
I never thought of shadows as drawings before…clever! 🙂
Oh man. Loved the way you described snow as a blank canvas for the sun. So cool! The photos added to the poem really helping me to see the line drawings. Awesome!!
you keep getting better and better with all of your beautiful pictures and prose….
our yard has some patches of brown yellow now…we are starting to feel it….love this LC xo nanc
Wow. That first line though!! How gorgeous. I absolutely love this… the word choice, the imagery, the optimism. Beautiful.
Creative! A fun perspective of an everyday experience.
So creative. The pics are great.
What a treat these pics and words are for my snow starved soul! Keep dabbling, my friend!
Very nice! I love the tree image in the one you are in.
Ooooooh Elsie! I love this. It’s a much more positive take on the snow than I expected. The poem is living in the winter moment you find yourself in and soaking in the ways the night changes what is created in the day? Wow. Love that. And always the photos only add to enhance the meaning. Perhaps they were the inspiration? Whichever way it went. It’s lovely!
I love the idea of the snow being a canvas and the sun painting pictures with shadows. Today is sunny here in Rochester. I look forward to seining what earth’s day star paints.
Your photography is amazing . . . I was trying to guess the canvas while waiting for your post to load – and I totally missed it!
And your verse -” for Earth’s day star to dabble in art” – LOVELY!
What a great start to the week! Thank you!
I can hardly stop looking at the shadows on snow, haven’t taken any pictures lately, and now our snow has nearly melted. Elsie, this is beautiful, that ‘canvas for earth’s day star’! Have a good day!
Love, love, love the pictures. What a great idea to combine pictures of nature and poetry!