Nursery rhymes

Remember the one:

 

“Star light,

Star bright,

I wish I may

I wish I might

Have the wish

I wish tonight”

Now that is still a favorite but we need to invent one for the first snow.

The day when gentle flakes do their work of covering up the lack of

leaves in the trees; the dirt and mud on the ground; the absence of

flowers anywhere; fields empty of grains waving in the breeze.

OK since I grew up in Southern California maybe I missed the rhymes

That might have been prevalent in more northern climes – but I did an

Internet search and really didn’t come up with much at all.

Such is life

Time to invent my own.

“The wind grows chill,

The sky turns gray,

Winter is on its way,

Snow falls on the sill.”

Still doesn’t quite take in the beauty of that first snowfall

So I guess I’ll keep trying.

Snow in the neighborhood

street lamp and snowy branches

Leaving up the lights