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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