Over bare branches
Winter sun sets a back glow
Across the pasture

Over bare branches
Winter sun sets a back glow
Across the pasture

Big winter rain now
Horses prance and buck in wind
Then settle in stall.

Lil’ hidden treasure
Dances in the winter brush
Flirting with the wind.

I am here, enough
Warm against a purring cat
Deep breath, I am here.

Are you under ferns?
Resting and restoring now
Until bluets come.

Final glow of warmth
Grazes tree tops by ponds edge
Cold air on its tail!

The best things in life
Are free, no debt, no worry
Deposit of joy.

The weather is warm
I paint with windows open
Backyard birds sing songs

A tree falls to ground
Around it a sapling grows
The forest goes on.

Off we go through woods
My sweet gelding, steady, strong
He knows the way home.
