Latin lesson

Galanthus, milk-white flower

nivalis, snowy

perfect

calm, after the storm

Porch steps in the snow

winter's nap

Raspberry canes under new-fallen snow.

"At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows." -William Shakespeare

Tears, photo by Man Ray (Paris, 1932)