Today I am nursing an upper respiratory virus. I am boosted and tested negative for both Covid and flu, but this cough is nagging, and the low grade fever has me curled up with hot tea watching Christmas movies. It should be much better by Christmas, let’s hope. Next week I’ll be traveling with my family, so I will take the week off from blogging. I’ll be back with a new photo on Jan. 5, 2022. Thank you for supporting this weekly photo prompt by writing, reading, and commenting. You have made my one little word “Inspire” glow with purpose and meaning.
This week I have taken a photo from Molly Hogan’s Facebook post. She is forever curious and explores with her camera. When I asked her about this photo, she told me her husband thought she was nuts leaning over a bucket of ice. In Maine, temperatures have turned to winter, and she captured the beauty and mystery of winter in this photo.
Frozen in fundamental shape
Margaret Simon, draft
this
world
inside
rises
this
speck
becomes
seen
this
fundamental shape is frozen.
Skinny form
Reflections on the Teche 
Oh, rats. I’m sorry you have a respiratory infection. That stinks! But, I’m glad you have some time for TLC before the excitement of the big day with all the grands. I love this photo! I’m going to spend some time with it and see if any words flow for me. I’ve been taking TLC in the form of binge-watching some shows. It’s total mind candy. But, I’m also with my kids talking and baking and all the good stuff. I’ll be back later.
Do you see a tiny bit of air
inside a liquid?
Or, feel a giggle
escape your mouth?
A bouncy bit of attitude
hop…hop…hopping
inside a bounce house?
Maybe it’s fireworks fizzing,
popping, sparkling like champagne
If you see, feel, or heara bubbling
up or out or over
effervescent is its name.
Not quite the “skinny” that you wrote this morning…I like how the poem you wrote has a horizontal feel … like those bubbles rising in the water. Even winter cannot cover their fun!
This is a wonderful and whimsical definito! bounce house! Ha!
Love this! Especially “sparkling like champagne.” It’s a great image.
So sorry you are under the weather, Margaret. Hope you feel better soon! Love how you used “fundamental shape” instead of “circle.” Very poetic. And a skinny poem fits well here, I think.
Circles of blue
pause.
A deep breath
frozen in time.
Have a wonderful Christmas!
Love that idea of breath frozen in time. Pause is a word I am embracing. Helps the healing. Thanks and happy holidays!