North: CHIMES

the clock #chimes the hour
seconds become long minutes
life stops for no one

South: SNOWFLAKES

white blankets softly
#snowflakes melt on my eyelids
the drifts are pillows

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

#dailyhaikuprompt #snowflakes #chimes

wind spinners...
swirling snowflakes
ring the wind chimes

Snow Crystal III (ca. 1910s) by Wilson Bentley.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ed977d7a-fc9b-4a32-abf7-ead7bed8f34f

#nature #patterns #snowflakes #art #publicdomain

The jokes write themselves with this administration.

Although, I'd be laughing harder if this weren't real life and #Trump and his #christofascist #ghouls weren't hellbent on targeting #Wiccans.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/quick-hit-trumps-new-acting-navy-secretary-is-afraid-witches-are-overtaking-the-nation/

#uspol #unitedstates #america #witchcraft #christofascism #fascism #snowflakes

From Snowflakes: A Chapter From the Book of Nature (1863).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d8e46acd-7fd7-4e29-ba5b-70c8ef4ccdf6

#star-shaped #ice #winter #snow #patterns #snowflakes #art #publicdomain

8 P.M. #RADAR UPDATE:

The #snow #showers from the upcoming #storm system continues to move into parts of the #Northland.

Only the I-35 Corridor and a small part of northwest #Wisconsin have seen #snowflakes reach the ground.

Coverage will increase throughout the night.

#wxtooter #weather #wx #MNwx #WIwx #UPwx