Jollity and Zest

Wide, sparkling fields snow-vestured lie

Beneath a blue, unshadowed sky;

A glistening splendor crowns the woods

And bosky, whistling solitudes;

In hemlock glen and reedy mere

The tang of frost is sharp and clear;

Life hath a jollity and zest,

A poignancy made manifest;

Laughter and courage have their way

At noontide of a winter's day.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

We had our second snowfall of the season this morning, unusual for the first half of October.

I took this picture in front of our retirement convent in St. Paul.

All photographs by Baya Clare, CSJ unless otherwise noted.