#minnesota winter

[katriniac]

I will never EVER stop loving the view of naked branches against blue skies.

My little 10 minute walk turned into almost 45 minutes because I stopped so many times simply to stare up into the bare trees.

I know most people don't like this part of winter. The snow is dirty, the melting piles reveal dog poop everywhere, the patches of grass are brown.

But that's why you should look up.

Not down.

Gaze at the beauty of gray-brown against pale blue. Study the way the branches arc and stretch across the sky.

[autumnsvoice87]

[loudsoftsonance]

April snow. Thanks Minnesota.

[shredderwest]

*I wish to lay down in the snow and hear the quiet sound of snowflakes melting on my skin.

I long to see my breath leaving me in the cold evening air so I can be reminded that I am alive.

I want to throw open the curtains in the morning and be dazzled by the tiny beauty of ice crystals mixing with old fingerprints on the windows.

Some may never love the winter but I will always cherish these tiny moments because younger me might never have given myself the chance.*

Original poem by me (Shredder) while I wait for snow to come in Minnesota. There’s something about this year that has really made me look forward to the snow and cold. Maybe it’s being in a new city away from my abusive family, maybe it’s realizing I’m bigger than my trauma, or maybe it’s that I don’t think about wanting to die anymore. I’m not sure but I can’t wait to heal my inner child with the beautiful cold!

[meekamaye]

Winter Memories

(I wrote this a couple of years ago on a very cold Minnesota day. Today it is 91 degrees on the last day of July.) This time of year puts me in mind of my grandparents cabin in northern Minnesota. I stroll through the cabin once again and recall the little cast iron stove that heated the three main rooms; the living room, kitchen and bedroom. The back bedroom, which had been my brother’s was…

[maureen2musings]

Lake Superior storm

georgeduluth

[itsawritblr]

This is pretty much all of us in Minnesota.

[a-stark-photography]

[visenyaism]

I don’t care if it snowed in your neighborhood and you got to go on a quiet nighttime walk looking up into the purple-grey sky marveling at the snowflakes coming down with the streetlights glowing warm all around you that should have happened to ME instead

[rumi-nations]

Uninspired in the New Year: Seasonal Affective Disorder

Uninspired in the New Year: Seasonal Affective Disorder

A long time ago, I chose to stop treating the demarcation between December 31 and January 1 as a big deal. Partially due to the fact that it is, essentially, a completely arbitrary day. And the other reason is that it felt very triggering for seasonal affective disorder. Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD for a cutesy colloquial name, is also winter blues, seasonal funk, and probably a whole…

[kelseykingillustration]

I still can't get over this one sunset I saw back in January.

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Gray skies over the Bog, Sax-Zim, Minnesota

Taken February 2024

[autumnsvoice87]

Winter wonders

[loudsoftsonance]

Crazy amount of snow on the trees. Looked pretty tho.

[alshaverpressbox]

(through a mouthful of grapes) I think you're really hot, man

[stuffaboutminneapolis]

Skyline With Christmas Lights Seen from the Third Avenue Bridge (1960s) via HCLIB