Friday, December 16, 2011

"The Moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow









Gave a luster of midday to objects below. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer..."



"Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On. Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen!"


~ A Visit From St. Nicholas, Clement Clark Moore, 1823


Photo: The Niagara Escarpment, West Hamilton. Taken last winter when we had snow ~ Lorna