Any poetry enthusiasts among us? I hope so! I decided to quote one of my favorite poets tonight 🙂
While I was reviewing Top Contributors for December, I was looking out my New England window at the tall pines armored by interlocking, white, deep frozen water molecules. A thought came to me about how perfectly each snowflake (all unique and different) came together to make a beautiful shield for the branches of these fine trees against the cold. Have you ever had a chance to look at the exquisite geometry of a snowflake? This article Classifying the geometry of snowflakes highlights their beauty and diversity" shares the story of simple hexagons and star-shaped dendrites that bring some grief but a whole lot of enjoyment!
Congratulations to all our December Top Engagers!
@Werner_E @TomU @ValeryOchkov @FredKohlhepp @Dale_Rosema @LucMeekes @PetrP @T_F @MartinHanak @Ashritha @ttokoro @Pekholm @jwagh åwijkmark @tbraxton @MikeLockwood @Chris3 @BenLoosli @ranjank @Javid_Nezhad
Here are also a few photos of my woods on this "snowy" evening! Enjoy!
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
BY ROBERT FROST
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Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
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My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
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He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” from The Poetry of Robert Frost, edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Copyright 1923, © 1969 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc., renewed 1951, by Robert Frost. Reprinted with the permission of Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
