February 23, 2010

the texas hill country
it is snowing in south blanco county
the ground is white with green patches of grass
snowflakes as big as silver dollars
red cardinals eating birdseed on the snow
twice as red against the snow
each cedar fence post has a pancake of snow on top
a squirrel is eating sitting on an ear of corn
on a nail on a tree
the birdfeeders are very busy with doves
and other smaller birds
the sleet that is falling will cover the snow
and make it slippery
it is now sleeting and snowing oh my
what next from our gray sky
my dirt road will not get slippery but the paved ones might
gypsy knows what to do as animals do
she is asleep on her highway 281 red leather chair
her blankets are soft and warm
I will join her on my brown leather chair
absorb the warmth from the embers in the fireplace
and ponder how rare it is to get this kind of snow
here in the beautiful texas hill country