Sunday, December 21, 2008

Riddle for a Winters Day

I can travel on water.
I can fly in the air.
I have been to other planets.
I can be made of wood, paper, leather or even clay.

I can sometimes be a witch.

What am I?

I wish everyone warmth and light, on this the shortest day, through this the longest night.

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10 comments:

georgia b. said...

did you take all of these?

they are amazing!

thank God, the shortest day has come and gone! i love the sun, and hate the cold. i long for summer to return!

i've been unable to blog or read blogs for a couple of days, so it was nice to return and see such beautiful images of the snow!

i could look at it all day—maybe even walk in it. just don't ask me to drive in it. :)

oh, and, i have not figured out the riddle. but it's 12:30 a.m. and so you should not expect me to at this hour.

maybe i will try again tomorrow.
:)

happy shortest day.

Peter Tschirhart said...

Thanks I'm glad that you like them. I took them on a walk in the cold of the solstice with my son. We found such wonderful light! as far as the riddle goes it's something I thought up one night when I couldn't sleep. My wife has forced me to tell her the answer but I'm not going to be as easy on you. I sent the riddle to some pals and not one has yet come back to me. You could be first. :)

I'm with you G, on the love of the sun. Three cheers for moving into the light. -p

georgia b. said...

i give up. what are you?

Peter Tschirhart said...

Witch, water, air, space. I can only be one thing. I'm a craft.

Have yourself a wonderful Christmas, we are going to spend some time with our close friends. We are going enjoy a young turkey and an old Burgundy.

I'm sending some warm Christmas thoughts your way, thoughts for you and those you love. Merry Christmas G. -p

georgia b. said...
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georgia b. said...

very clever.

i like the riddles. keep them coming. it causes us to think outside the box a little.

a very merry Christmas wish to you as well. turkey and brandy sounds like a perfect Canadian Christmas.

(by the way, what area of Canada? my papa was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, i believe.)

well, thank you for the Christmas wishes. Merry merry Christmas and New Year!

Peter Tschirhart said...

I live in Southern Ontario in the city of Cambridge, On the west-side of the former town of Galt, in a tiny little bungalow with a tall and scraggly spruce on the front lawn. My main window faces south. Your Papa was a Canadian-American, that is so cool.

georgia b. said...

well, isn't that a lovely description? sounds like a nice place to live.

when you say bungalow, do you mean as in a Craftsman bungalow from the Craftsman era of housing?

if so, you are lucky! that i my favorite style of house—or one of them.

Ontario, hah? i'm off to check a map, as i'm a little fuzzy about which provinces are where in Canada. i guess i wasn't paying much attention that day in Geography class. :)

Peter Tschirhart said...

We call anything that is a single level dwelling with or with out a basement a bungalow, I know the style of house you mention. we have a couple of well preserved examples in our town. I like the style too. My house is a simple brick veneer structure that was build in the 1960s big on function small on form.

You've lit a fire under me, I'm going to write a couple of post on my home town architecture, or at least my impression of it.

-P

georgia b. said...

cool. i look forward to those posts! from what i read on-line, Cambridge seems like a very interesting town (city?).

we actually don't live all that far from each other—almost on the same latitude. i'm sure the very popular Craftsman bungalow style that was so big around here spread out to your neck of the woods. we have them everywhere in Chicago-land.

it is my dream to live in one some day.