Winter Now

 White faced winter came, and left again.

winter (n.)
Old English winter (plural wintru), "the fourth and coldest season of the year, winter," from Proto-Germanic *wintruz "winter" (source also of Old Frisian, Dutch winter, Old Saxon, Old High German wintar, German winter, Danish and Swedish vinter, Gothic wintrus, Old Norse vetr "winter"), probably literally "the wet season," from PIE *wend-, nasalized form of root *wed- (1) "water; wet"). On another old guess, cognate with Gaulish vindo-, Old Irish find "white." The usual PIE word is *gheim-.

As an adjective in Old English. The Anglo-Saxons counted years in "winters," as in Old English ænetre "one-year-old;" and wintercearig, which might mean either "winter-sad" or "sad with years." Old Norse Vetrardag, first day of winter, was the Saturday that fell between Oct. 10 and 16.

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Christmas Day is over.  The young things came and went.  Now the year fades down to a few days.  All is green and grey again.

The weather people are warning of floods and landslides.  Please no more landslides!  Oso was pretty bad.  They never even found the bodies of those buried.

I am asking the Almighty to have his way with us and the country.  

I am counting the ways that he has already performed acts of creation and mercy among us.  I am reminded that all things work together to manifest his will.

I will count it all joy, this green winter.

Photo by my youngest daughter, one green wet winter.

Probably the same photographer.

Who Knows?  Maybe we will have some more snow!