#December 23, 1987
#OTD #Felder #Rushing, American #Writer & #Garden #Columnist at The Clarion-Ledger, shared his #Holiday #Poem for #Gardeners - a twist on 'Twas the Night Before #Christmas.

Felder is known as an eleventh-generation #Gardener and a non-stuffy #Horticulturist who travels the #World looking for #Simple #Garden approaches to share with his readers.

#Gardening #GardenersofMastodon #Nature
#Holidays #Santa #Poetry #Verse
#Writing #Author #NatureWriter

Nature writer Dallas Lore Sharp (1870–1929) catching ‘the spirit of the season’ in his 1912 book Winter. Read this and listen to Hans Abrahamsen’s "Schnee"... (album recommended by @cornelius )

https://music.apple.com/gb/album/schnee-canon-5b/1605834135?i=1605834149&ls

https://open.spotify.com/track/1RbrpZHHXTEUbuabEC1Evw?si=NdZmoFl7RF-a0BDWQG3Gbw

#winter #naturewriter #december #hansabrahamsen #contemporary #classical #poem @classicalmusic @kirsten #lapland #laplandchamberorchestra

Winter is a study in #HalfTones
One must have an #Eye for them or go #Lonely.

Trees, #Skies, & even the ...#Colors of #Winter #Birds & little #Mammals are all subdued...

Now #One may make #Friends with #Owls & #Mice,
with the different colored stems of #Willows... & #Sassafras...
with the #Berries that the #Birds seek out,
with the #Bark of #Trees & the #Prints of the #Fourfooted.

- Donald Culross #Peattie, American #Naturalist & #Writer

#NatureWriter #Author #Nature