A Book of the Seasons: January 25

January 25

January 25, 2024

The fine tops of trees –

I see every stem and twig

relieved against the sky.

January 25, 1852

In keeping a journal of one's walks and thoughts it seems to be worth the while to record those phenomena which are most interesting to us at the time. Such is the weather . . . affecting surely our mood and thoughts. January 25, 1860 

It may be cloudless

or there may be sailing clouds

which threaten no storm.

January 25, 1860

The cold for some weeks has been intense, as low as twenty and twenty-one degrees in the early morning. A Canadian winter. Some say that we have not had so long a spell of cold weather since '31, when they say it was not seen to thaw for six weeks. But last night and to-day the weather has moderated. It is glorious to be abroad this afternoon. The snow melts on the surface. The warmth of the sun reminds me of summer.  Januiary  25, 1852

Intense cold for weeks,

a Canadian winter –

the warmth of the sun.

Januiary 25, 1852

There is something springlike in this afternoon. In winter, after middle, we are interested in what is springlike. The earth and sun appear to have approached some degrees. The banks seem to lie in the embrace of the sun. January 25, 1853

Springlike afternoon.

Earth and sun appear to have

approached some degrees.

January 25, 1853

A very cold day. Saw a man in Worcester this morning who took a pride in never wearing gloves or mittens But this morning he had to give up. The 22d, 23d, 24th, and 25th of this month have been the coldest spell of weather this winter. Clear and cold and windy.   January 25, 1854

A very cold day.

This month the coldest spell of

weather this winter.

January 25, 1854

It is a rare day for winter, clear and bright, yet warm . . . You dispense with gloves. January 25, 1855

 Clear and bright yet warm.

 It is a rare winter day –

you dispense with gloves.

January 25, 1855

The hardest day to bear that we have had, for, beside being 5° at noon and at 4 P. M., there is a strong northwest wind. It is worse than when the thermometer was at zero all day. January 25, 1856

Hardest day to bear –

there is a strong northwest wind

and zero all day.

January 25, 1856

Still another very cold morning. Smith's thermometer over ours at -29°, ours in bulb; but about seven, ours was at -8° and Smith's at -24; ours therefore at first about -23°.   January 25, 1857

Very cold morning.

Smith's at -24;

ours -23.

January 25, 1857

A warm, moist day. Thermometer at 6.30 P.M. at 49°. January 25, 1858

The finest winter day is a cold but clear and glittering one . . . Also warm and melting days in winter are inspiring, though less  characteristic.   January 25, 1860

Characteristic

cold clear and glittering–

finest winter day.

January 25, 1860 

January 25, 2022

January 25, 2024

If you make the least correct 

observation of nature this year,

 you will have occasion to repeat it

 with illustrations the next, 

and the season and life itself is prolonged.

  April 7, 1853  

January 25

A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, January 25

A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau

"A book, each page written in its own season,

out-of-doors, in its own locality.”

~edited, assembled and rewritten by zphx © 2009-2024

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