Lake Erie ice

[vaneramos]

Lake Erie, Wednesday at noon


When I was little, Lake Erie always froze quickly, providing miles of smooth ice early in the season. By late January it always became heaved and pockmarked. But before that we would have several weeks of good skating.

My brothers, cousins and neighbours played hockey. I would join in to feel a part of things, not that I enjoyed it. I would rather skate freely. Without much skill I could build up considerable speed, like a bird darting across expanses. The good ice roared under my blades, sinking into dark, blue-green depths.

In later winter, storms would pile mountains of fractured ice along the shore.

I returned home yesterday with my first cold of the winter: congestion barely muted by Advil. The girls and I are spending a couple quiet days. Hopefully rest will clear it up.

But last night was strangely uneasy. Oozing sinuses woke me at 5 a.m. and I lay a while in a fretful daze, finally rising for a shower. That brought some physical and mental relief. I drifted in and out of dreams: an iridescent triceratops looming on the horizon; wrestling naked with a friend; my dead grandmother reading a newspaper under a carnival tent.

(More images posted in texture: here and here.)




Tuesday at noon

Comments

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

those photos make me feel suddenly like i'm freezing! wow, and the way the light glints off the ice.

i hope you feel better soon, van.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

They were reasonably pleasant late winter days, above freezing, although the southwest wind off the lake was a little raw.

Thanks for the well wishes. I hope this cold gets over itself soon, too. It's a regrettable to feel low on energy.

[balunbustingbea.livejournal.com]

Hugs, cuddles, snuggles, warm fuzzy slippers, your favourite blanket or quilt, hot cups of tea, maybe a hot toddy. Some of the things that make one feel better, even just emotionally when suffering with a cold.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you. Just the thought of some of those things warms me up.

[ubermunkey.livejournal.com]

oh hell how bout some hot repetative bear lovin as well. warm things up, get the blood flowin, then a nice meditative cuddle...
be weller soon!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Are you offering? I'm feeling better already.

xoxo

[tbone1961.livejournal.com]

Alas, I, too, have come down with a doozy. It turned very ugly Wed noonish. Took off yesterday from work and managed to get to the dr. Got some antibiotics and cough med with codeine. WOO HOO. But it's making this show a major *)&&^&*()&*( to play.

Hope yours stays manageable.

Then again. We could climb into bed together. Seeing how we're both already sick, we won't have to worry about spreading germs. Just some good ole cuddling and luvin!!@!!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I have a hunch it would be a good fit. :-)

My cold has turned the corner toward getting better today. Hopefully yours is on the same schedule.