a grip of chill, fast, sliding down
spineward to clutch at
unmistakable pasts.
How the dark does flow for the nether months,
until small white crystals pervade the still silent air.
Clouds perfect composites unleashing the flying and crackling
small insects of winter.
Crafted butterflies of the light, they float to ground and up again,
lacing trees with their dignified and final touch.
A. (2008)
My how a day at the lake can change a poodles outlook on life....Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes and the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area (Lake Baikal in Russia is the largest lake by volume). It holds 10% of all the Earth's fresh water surface and produces the greatest lake effect snows on Earth with the lake effect extending from 20 to 30 miles inland. The average temperature for this lake is 40 degrees F and it rarely freezes over in winter.
This day was relatively quite, no wind, very dark, silent except for the punctuation of city life in the background. Until the snows come the landscape is bleak, but beautiful. The lake has a large impact upon the mind and the soul...it is a lake to be respected and has taken many, many lives.
