Snowy Dreams
while I lay sleeping
mysterious visitors arrived
frozen vapors from the heavens
playing with my imagination
leaving footprints on snowy dreams
~
We just had our first snow of the year! It snowed a mere 3 inches, shutting down our schools and some businesses. For you northerners, please note we had rain and sleet first to leave the roads an icy mess. For the children and young at heart, our brief storm left a beautiful blanket of pristine white snow, inviting beauty, play, mystery and mayhem.
I am curious what creature left these mysterious footprints in my garden. Any guesses?
Happy Winter and Snowy Dreams!
Lovely!! 🙂 I love snow!! 🙂
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Me too Trini! Playtime! 🙂
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I love this Brad! 🙂
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Thanks Julie. 🙂 I had a nice walk yesterday, but didn’t really play it was so cold.
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Snowy Dreams in my part of the world is getting tough. Spring Dreams is what I am looking for.
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Sorry Lee. I’m usually itching for spring too, but this was our first snow of the year. I hope you get your spring dreams! 🙂
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let’s see, foot prints of either a big dog or a moose? just a thought
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LOL, I’ll go with moose, it wandered down from the upper northern climates to Arkansas and decided to go back home! 🙂
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Could be… Let’s see, the first two letters in the word MOOSE are the first two letters in the word MOVE so one never knows. Methinks you might care to set up a nocturnal camera to catch the action next time eh?
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🙂
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Mystery footprints, lovely to wake up to and spur the imagination 🙂
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Exactly! Thanks Robert. I hope you have fun visitations too. 🙂
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A perfect poem for the first snow fall ~ enjoy 🙂
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Thanks Randall. Have a wonderful day! 🙂
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Growing up while living in the north, I always used to be totally fascinated by the quiet power of snow. Going to sleep at night with the roads clear, waking up in the morning with a white blanket covering everything – all without so much as a whisper – it is magical 🙂
Thanks Brad for taking me down memory lane with your beautifully crafted words and imagery 😉
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I’m glad you enjoyed a pleasant trip Dave! 🙂 Do you miss having seasons Dave? I’ve wondered about that if I moved further south or a beach area.
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It’s funny – I couldn’t wait to move to Florida, and it was a honeymoon for the first year or so. I certainly miss the season, especially autumn. But, it also gives the perfect “excuse” to travel whenever I get the itch while still enjoying the sunny paradise of coastal Florida 🙂
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Perfect solution Dave! I’m glad you found your paradise.
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For sure…”Rocky Racoon went onto your deck…decided to play in your garden!” 😉 and then something to do with Gideon ‘ s bible..hehe. ❤
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I think you win the prize Lorrie! 🙂 Actually lots of critters left tracks around my yard and garden.
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That means your yard and garden are inviting to nature…and that doesn’t surprise me, Brad! Happy Wednesday to you ❤
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It has been fun adding to my yard and gardens. Thanks Lorrie!
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Yeppers, those look like racoon foot prints. I was so hoping we’d get some snow this year, but I don’t think we are now. Enjoy your snow. Hugs, N ❤
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I’m sorry you’re missing the snow. Maybe we can send some over with the racoons! 🙂
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No, no, no!!!! I’d love the snow, but I already have two big fat racoons that steal my cat food daily. 🙂
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LOL, Oh well, I thought I’d offer. 🙂
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Beautiful
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Thanks and welcome to my blog. blessings, Brad
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Looks like the mystery footprints have been identified. 🙂 I have at least 1′ of snow in my backyard and have seen rabbit tracks across my deck and out into the yard. Living in the Norhteast I am just a tad sick of this winter although it is always so beautiful after each new snowfall. Happy Winter and snowy dreams to you!
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Yes, mystery solved. My Mom feels the same way as you about the cold and snow this year back east. Maybe spring will grace you soon. blessings, Brad
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I’d take snow over our frigid cold, but I don’t envy your icy roads! 🙂
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Hi Carol, were getting the artic blast too. Time to bundle up!
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A lovely Poem Brad.. and don’t you just love seeing who creeps around your garden at night?.. 🙂 as those tail-tell footprints get left behind…
We usually see a fox’s foot prints, easy to spot as he walks in a straight line.. But you don’t get to see until it snows what animals are walking about.. :-).. Though we have our fair share of cats.. as they use our garden to cut through to the hedgerows where they find shrews and mice..
Stay warm and safe.
Sue
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It is fun and interesting to see who shows up! Sounds like you have quite a menagerie! 🙂
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“footprints on snowy dreams” what a lovely ending, beautiful, Brad 🙂
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Thanks Neha. Occasionally my muse and I hit the zone! 🙂
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I wonder? Will you tell us?
Love your poem.
3 inches of snow: what is the most your area gets?
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Nothing seems typical anymore, but we tend to get just a few inches. Occasionally we get bigger snows with the most I’ve seen here at about 12″. I remember a blizzard of 3 feet of snow back east in Virginia.
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How nice to be able to see the snow and see beauty 🙂 Right about now it is hard to see as the millionth snow storm pummels the area…A winter to remember for sure or rather forget. Those prints are definitely racoon…You can see the thumb on the edge of the print. They are easy to train and they love marshmallows..Glad you enjoyed your visitor from the heavens…Spring is just around the corner I heard…I’m waiting! Blessings…VK
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Hi VK, I’m sorry you’re being buried in snow. I actually enjoy snow in small doses to bring out my inner child to play. Maybe I’ll try the marshmallows. 🙂 I bet you’ll really appreciate spring this year.
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Yes I shall greatly appreciate spring. I already hear new birds coming back. Spring is in the wings now for sure 🙂 My uncle had two racoons who came every night for marshmallows.They left for a while and he figured they were gone. They soon appeared again with a full family in tow….They ate the marshmallows from his hands every evening…Clarance and Clarabelle and kids….It was pretty cool….VK 🙂
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A fun family affair with the racoons! 🙂 I’m glad you’re seeing signs of spring. The tulips and other early bulbs are starting to push up giving me hope for spring as well. Meanwhile, I’m grateful for a home with heat. 🙂
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Nice blog, peaceful and pleasant.
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Thank you for visiting and sharing. blessings, Brad
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Bigfoot? The mailman? The possibilites are endless lol
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Agreed Tracy! Thanks for the smiles and welcome. Brad
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