W4W - Reflection in a Crystal Palace

Over the last few days, we have had several ice storms that covered trees, shrubs, lawn, and garden beds with a cloak of crystalline shimmering magic. When I walk outside, the ice-covered surroundings make me feel as if I have entered a crystal palace.

Light reflects off of every surface, and the ice glistens and sparkles like everything has been polished and shined. 

 The branches glisten even in the gray smoke of fog, melting just enough to create soft and slippery thorns.

Donna at Garden Walk Garden Talk is hosting Word for Wednesday with the word, reflection.


Reflection - the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected; something reflected or mirrored


Light is reflected in various ways through the ice. The pearly incandescence of fog buffs a muted reflection.

Encased in the ice are delicate buds, branches, and leaf tips that sometimes reflect the light to duplicate or blur reality.

I wish I were small enough to step inside these crystal beads to see what is inside--a drop of glory or the tip of a leaf or cracked silver.

With the blackness of light, the street lamps travel through the ice of the crystal palace to glimmer evermore.

Alas, evermore has faded into liquid glaze. The rain has come today and washed the crystal palace away. Although I am glad the frozen glass has finally melted away from the garden, I will miss the magic and mystery of crystal reflections.

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