“Just as a lamp waved in darkness creates a

figure of light in the air, which remains for as long

as the lamp repeats its motion exactly,

so the universe retains its shape

by repetition: the universe is Time's body.”

from Little Big

John Crowley

 

After a few days of melting, we began to get

new snow, it got a bit colder as well.

Nothing too bad especially when you

see what other people have dealt with. But

today the young dog wanted to bounce in the

belly deep snow and the old dog wanted to be

carried home. The birds have disappeared, huddled

together in some winter bush and are ignoring the

feeders. I did see as gull go by yesterday it must

be confused.

 

I took these pictures Friday. I always think of

these snowy days as a day for the little worlds

within worlds, I find it hard to photograph on a while

canvas so the details become everything, as I enter

the tiny worlds of nature. My camera does not allow

me to enter the mysterious worlds  of Fitz James O'Brien's

The Diamond Lens, Cummings' the Girl in the Golden

Atom, or two favorites, Crowley's Little Big or

James Blaylock's The Land of Dreams but there

are lots of details to sink into even at this scale.

 

 

“The further in you go, the bigger it gets.”

from Little Big

John Crowley

 

 

“What you learn as you get older is that

the world is old, and has been old for a long time.”

from Little Big

John Crowley

 

 

“The things that make us happy make us wise. ” 

 

from Little Big

John Crowley

 

“Their laughter rose to the ceiling and

shook hands there.” 

 

from Little Big

John Crowley