Wisconsin winter
today the calm beauty
I’ve known all my life
classical music
on the radio
We’ve had strong winds, and Lake Michigan waves splashed up into our front yard, tossing some wood that was drifting in the water. We are high enough above the lake, our shoreline was reinforced years ago, and so we are safe. It’s a different scene with the water this high, and no beach.
Karl took this photo on January 11, 2020.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Garden Journal
January 1, 2020
Moon and Sky – about 4 PM
January 6, 2020
Lake Michigan – about 4 PM
January 6, 2020
Oostburg, Wisconsin
Photos by Karl
Laker in the Mist – January 2012
Photo by Karl
clear blue skies
rest my eyes
icicles melting
and willows already
look gold in the sun
still I cherish
this winter time
and will long for it
some summer days
when the gardens
are overrun
January 2013
conversations
at the family restaurant
hearts on windows
From January 2015: On this day, Karl and I went to Sheboygan’s Family Restaurant and Bethesda Thrift Store. We enjoyed meals there in 2019 too. And we are seeing some hints of Valentine’s Day in some stores! So many nice memories would be lost without the blog.
so cold
yet from
this ground
daffodils
and tulips
will grow
again
January 2015
Lake Michigan – January 2016
Flowers were from Mentink’s Market Piggly Wiggly in Oostburg, Wisconsin – January 2017.
Ellen Grace Olinger
new year sunrise
light fills
the red poinsettia
Ellen Grace Olinger
New Year’s Eve morning
gardens are happy
to be covered with snow
The gardens rest, and grateful for plants and flowers this year.
Garden Journal 2019
Photos by Karl
Posts in my reader reminded me that today is the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. I searched on Google and learned the solstice happens here at 10:19 PM (Central time).
The winter beauty can be stark here, with long winters and also the longer days of light at the same time. Truly wonderful to see, and always grateful for those who keep roads and power lines clear. All the good service.
Lake Michigan is at its highest level I can remember. Karl and neighbors are researching shore protection. I learned from Karl that 1986 was the last time the water was this high.
mid-December day
ice floats on the waves
of Lake Michigan
Ellen Grace Olinger
