Seeing memories in the trees

Seeing memories in the trees

A cascade of images, of memory

tastes even, something tangible,

fragrances, times gone bye,

rich with love, with family,

seeing the snow on the branches

the deep green and the white

as we drive by, but

the forest evoking memories

of forty, of fifty year ago

when we went skiing as a family

so much memory, in those moments,

the long drives, the fresh fallen snow,

the firsts to touch the powder…

Hearing Dad saying, “Come on”,

needing to leave so early,

sometimes sleeping in the car

so much memory, excitement,

the smell of the hot wax, the glister,

jockeying in the main lodges for our tickets,

burning my mouth on hot chocolate,

the Colombo yogurts, music overhead,

“My Sweet Lord”, and so many others,

the wood fires, saltines in my chili,

riding the lifts as a single, jumping the lines,

climbing up into the forests, on the chairlifts,

covered with white, with snow.

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edited/new name February 4, 2021

Seeing memories in the trees

edited February 4, 2021

the forest evoking memories - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-forest-evoking-memories-v3.html

edited February 4, 2021

the forest evoking memories - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-forest-evoking-memories-v2.html

edited February 4, 2021

the forest evoking memories

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/editedfebruary-4-2021-theforest-evoking.html

February 3, 2021

the forest evoking memory

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-forest-evoking-memory.html

edited February 1, 2021

Striving to see the white - v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/striving-to-see-white-v4.html

edited February 1, 2021

Striving to see the white - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/striving-to-see-white-v3.html

edited February 1, 2021

Striving to see the white - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/striving-to-see-white-v2.html

February 1, 2021

Striving to see the white

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/striving-to-see-white.html

January 31, 2021

A ribbon of footprints

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-ribbon-of-footprints.html

January 31, 2021

Blown off the ice below

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/blown-off-ice-below.html

January 31, 2021

the black ribbon of the roadway

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-black-ribbon-of-roadway.html

January 31, 2021

A tunnel through the woodlands

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-tunnel-through-woodlands.html

January 31, 2021

Different textures of winter

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/different-textures-of-winter.html

edited January 31, 2021

like sand dunes - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/like-sand-dunes-v3.html

January 30, 2021

like sand dunes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/like-sand-dunes-v2.html

January 30, 2021

like sand dunes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/like-sand-dunes.html

edited, new name January 30, 2021

fields, hills, miles of fondant

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/fields-hills-miles-of-fondant.html

January 30, 2021

miles of fondant

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/miles-of-fondant.html

edited January 30, 2021

gold under the white – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/gold-under-white-v2.html

January 30, 2021

gold under the white

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/gold-under-white.html

January 30, 2021

silting the roadway

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/silting-roadway.html

January 30, 2021

pillows in the branches

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/pillows-in-branches.html

January 30, 2021

so many textures

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/so-many-textures.html

Patten to Houlton to Presque Isle to Patten again

edited December 15, 2015

&

Smell of Snow – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/smell-of-snow-v4.html

(merging edits to version 3 and version 2)

edited December 9, 2015

Smell of Snow – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/smell-of-snow-v3.html

(editing original)

Edited November 28, 2012

“Smell of Snow – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/smell-of-snow-v2.html

Friday, December 03, 2004 8:27

“Smell of Snow”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/12/smell-of-snow.html

and other poems

December 1, 2012

like sprinkled sugar

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/like-sprinkled-sugar.html

&

edited December 9, 2015

Snow in the Air – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/snow-in-air-v6.html

(editing original)

edited November 27, 2015

Snow in the Air – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/snow-in-air-v5.html

(merging edits to original and version 4)

edited November 22, 2015

Snow in the air – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/snow-in-air-v4.html

(editing original)

Edited August 3, 2013

“Snow in the Air – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/snow-in-air-v3.html

(editing original)

Edited September 20, 2012

“Snow in the Air – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/snow-in-air-v2.html

December 30, 2006 12:08

“Snow in the Air”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/12/snow-in-air.html

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