Winter's Beauty

Glancing out the window earlier this morning, I was struck by the contrast of the dark, almost purple overcast sky and the stark whiteness of the snow-covered pine tree on the other side of our back fence. It was eerily beautiful - an almost surreal beauty that sets your mind spinning with thoughts of wintry fantasy worlds, of mysterious women wrapped in cloaks of midnight blue velvet, hoods raised to obscure their beauty, walking like shadows amongst the silent, snow-frosted trees.

But that's just me. *grin*