fifteen minutes at zero degrees
even with layers
— fleece gloves, mittens on top —
the cold nips, snaps, bites
invades my fingertips
inducing clumsiness
benumbed, dipping them in warm water
color and feeling return
with excruciating pain
not one good photo to show for it
It’s bitterly cold here today after yesterday’s snowstorm. I went out at sunrise hoping to catch some of the pink and purple sunlight that ushered in the dawn. The cold went right to my fingers. It wasn’t long before my cold-numbed fingers were stumbling around on the camera buttons, a sure sign it’s time to give up and go inside. My fingers are fine, but the warm-up was painful.
Bountiful Healing 
i reckon this is a pretty good photo to show for it
Well, it was that or my frozen fingertips, and the fingertips aren’t nearly as pretty. lol!
My system shuts down in the cold. I can work through heat but cold is misery.
I’m the same way with heat, J Cosmo. It makes me miserable. That said, sometime the cold can get a bit wearing, too.
The pretty and crisp blue and white makes zero degrees look enchanting – but your fingers paid dearly for the shot! Hope they’re feeling warm and cozy now…
Thank you, Barbara. My fingers are much better now. For some reason I always have to go through a touch of pain before my fingers “harden” up to winter. With all the warm spells we’ve been having, there was no opportunity to start getting used to the cold.