“All great achievements require time.”
~Maya Angelou~.
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The Long Gray Wait
Skies of gray
Solemn, stoic
Frigid and unforgiving
Stark and stone cold sober
Imposing, thick and oppressive
Stretched over my tiny world like a cruel canvas
I yearn for Spring
And the warm rays of the sun
As I stay huddled inside
Waiting by windows for time to pass…
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…and while I’m waiting, so I won’t be completely depressing…please take a gander at the following:
AHHHHHH! That’s better. 😀
Wishing you a dreamy day!
Strawberryindigo.
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Serendipity 
Our day today once again looks like your first photo… gray, foggy, drizzly and depressing. Your words describe it all too well. The spring and summer photos on your post are the perfect for antidote for winter gray.
Thanks Janet: I get moody this time of year…reflective and somewhat depressed but I fight fight fight those blues, or should I say grays away… 😉 Spring is just around the corner…well, sort of….at least it is in my imagination.
I used to eat my breakfast and read the paper in front of a light box every winter morning to combat the winter depression. It worked. Now that I can walk the dog after the sun rises, instead of in the dark before work, I don’t need to use the light box. But if this gray foggy drizzly cloudy rainy weather continues, I might have to drag it out again.
Hi Janet: I’ve heard of lightboxes…and I’ve considered getting one. When the $ starts rolling in perhaps I’ll get one. Your endosement is enough for me. When I first wake up I turn on the lights in the house to get my circadian rhythms going and at night I make sure I sleep in a very dark room…..ugh, I just wish Spring would hurry up…I’m always like this…gaining weight too–oh well I need to keep warm, haha. I hope everything is well with you my friend.
it’s another gray foggy rainy day. We still need rain, so I am trying to be a sport and not whine. But my, I would so like a little sunshine!
Hey Janet, I wish I could send some sunshine your way…I live in the land of gray skies and rain and I’ve forgotten what the sun even looks like…I’m as white as a ghost…BOO! Did I scare you?
Trees seem to be the theme for today…. but I had sun and blue skies off and on today. Best of all… the days are getting noticeably longer! Yay!
Oh Gunta..thanks for your good cheer! Yes, the days are getting longer! Double YAY!
Great poem and I love the contrast.
Thanks Gita, I appreciate that! 🙂
You are welcome! 🙂
Blossoms are my favourite – they always cheer me up! Thank you for posting such beautiful photos.
Thanks so much reikiheidi: I needed a little cheering up myself, thanks for stopping by!
Very well written and really great photos… 🙂
Thanks you fine Drake you!
Perfect! The poem describes just how I felt today, and the following pictures really did me good! Thank you! 😀 Hope you have a dreamy day too!
Hey Cathy: I have a hard time with Winter but once Spring hits I get giddy so watch out!! 😉 Thanks for you being you!