"O lift your little pinkie,
and touch the winter sky.
Love's all over the mountains
where the beautiful go to die."
The quoted text above is the chorus from Benjamin Britten's A
Shepherd's Carol, text by W. H. Auden. I was introduced to this carol by Robert DeCormier over 12 years ago, and it remains one of my favorite seasonal verses. Britten's a cappella arrangement is quite haunting and lovely, and you can listen to a sample of The Sixteen perform this stunning chorus on iTunes.The pictures are from various locations on our property after the snowfall we had on Thursday 12/7.
All of this completely melted away in the balmy temps that followed. I know it sounds corny, but I am dreaming of a white Christmas...
4 comments:
These are gorgeous. I know it sounds Corny, but I am dreaming of white christmas too. the temp is 50 here so it doesn't look good.
I watched White Christmas last night, set in New England. I was thinking of you.
we were dreaming of a white christmas in quebec city as well, but reports say that the rain yesterday got rid of all the snow.
sigh.
not even a white christmas in canada! it seems so wrong!
The pictures are absolutely perfect. I just scowled at the sunny warmth outside my own house, so I must be wanting a white Christmas too.
But your photos were so, so pretty.
Wow!
What beautiful Photos.
Ireland is hoping for a White Christmas also and going by the Weather of this past week, we just might get it!
Happy Holidays from Ireland!
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