Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 – Day 7

Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (7) It Was The Night Before Christmas

unloading our car
stars shine in the cold crisp air
Christmas eve

winter constellations blaze
old carols warming my heart
almost Christmas

in dim church light
soft carols and flickering candles
Christmas eve service

after midnight
the last gift under the tree
my love for you

Seven Days Before Christmas – Day 6

Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (6) Christmas Dinner

 

clinking silverware
laughter and conversation
holiday celebration

Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (5)

Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (5)  Christmas Tree

brillant stars
captured in the boughs
of an evergreen tree

 

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by the fireside
we gaze at twinkling lights
of the Christmas tree

 

 

 

Seven Days Before Christmas – Day 4

Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (4) Feliz Navidad

“Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad” meaning “Merry Christmas, a prosperous year and happiness“) English verse “I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart”

Christmas Eve
the family goes caroling
through the neighborhood

Seven Days Before Christmas Day 3 – Meditation

Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (3) Meditation

if you missed day to it is at my other site: Day 2

silence of the night
broken by a newborn’s cry
new light of the world

silence of the night
stars paving the road
light unto darkness

broken by a newborn’s cry
a mother’s height of pain
fresh hope

new light of the world
innocence to conquer sin
lamb for sacrifice 

 

2018 Seven Days Before Christmas -1

Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (1) wishes for the holidays

highlights of the year
penned in a letter and card
wishing peace and joy

 

 

Holiday Troiku

 

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #62 Troiku for the holidays …

piece of straw
blown off into emptiness
a new beginning

© Chèvrefeuille

piece of straw
carefully woven with red
Christmas Star

blown of into the emptiness
last notes of a song
a mother’s lullaby

a new beginning
full moon shining
pathway in the dark

Meadows

\>Carpe Diem #1561 Yellowstone National Park … meadow.

morning mist rises
wading in ocean of amber
boggling moose

sea of ochre
teaming with life
Sentinel Meadows

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Crater Lake

Carpe Diem #1560 Crater Lake National Park Oregon …

shaggy crested merganser
dives in clear crater lake
chicks waiting for fish

great horned owl
rests in the hemlock
viewing crater lake