That grand old poem called Winter is 'round again . . .

"That grand old poem called Winter is 'round again . . .

"Nature loves this rhyme so well that she never tires of repeating it . . .

"What a poem! An epic in blank verse, enriched with a million tinkling rhymes. It is solid beauty."

Henry David Thoreau

Photos: (Top) A lone mountaineer makes his way across a frozen Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, December 15, 2014; (Second) Snow patterns on Dream Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, December 15, 2014; (Third) Ice patterns on Lake Agnes, with Nokhu Crags as a backdrop, Never Summer Range, CO, December 12, 2014; (Bottom) Wind patterns in the snow on the shore of Lake Agnes, Never Summer Range, CO, December 12, 2014