23.12.11

Icy Christmas

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A few years ago, before I started this blog, I went home for Christmas (very much like I am preparing to do right now as a matter of fact) and when I got there, the weather was off the scale. The whole island was covered in ice – even the tide line, salty as it is, was frozen into sharp little shards of ice that crackled and cracked as the waves churned them about. 

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As E.B. White, whose 1950s New Yorker Christmas writings I like to read at this time of year, put it: 'Everyone has one Christmas he remembers above all others, one blindingly beautiful occasion.' And I think this one is mine, in terms of on-the-surface beauty at least. 

While I'm half glad that it is not meant to freeze this year, as it makes driving the length of the country a bit of a roulette, the fact that the island won't look like this this Christmas (or perhaps ever again!) is a little sad. So I thought I would post these to remind myself, as E.B White also writes in a different Christmas essay: 'Rememberance is sufficient of the beauty we have seen' which is a thought that I quite like.

9 comments:

  1. this is probably the loveliest christmas post I've read. you always manage to convey things from such a unique perspective.

    have a wonderful christmas, and enjoy!

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  2. these images are so beautiful! have a nice christmas!

    I also tagged you here, if you'd like to do: 11 Questions Tag

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  3. Those photos are gorgeous. And the quotes by EB White are lovely. It's got me thinking about which my "one Christmas" would be.

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  4. So beautiful. I'm not sure I've had that Christmas yet, though now that I think of it, one does spring to mind.

    Yours is quite the loveliest thing. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and thank you for all your lovely posts, always.

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  5. oh, that is so beautiful. and i love the EB White quote. i definitely have that 'one christmas' in mind.

    i hope you are having a wonderful holiday. xxo

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  6. How beautiful! Both the images and the sentences. I guess you'll always have that christmas...


    Camila Faria

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  7. wow these photos are so haunting. it looks beautiful there. probably a pretty magical place to grow up.

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  8. What stunning photos. I've never seen ice in the sea before, bet it's beautiful when you're there, incredible colours too. I can imagine you must wrap up warm to enjoy it!

    I'm really enjoying clicking through your blog :)

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  9. I love these photos, although I must admit I don't even want to imagine how cold it must've been :)

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