This image reminds me of “Wintergrace”, a beautiful song written by Jean Ritchie, recorded by Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum about the preparations for winter being completed, the turning of the seasons, and the time for winter’s rest and grace.
The Wood is in the Woodshed
landscapes and other abstractions 
There’s a comforting feeling of texture and color tone to your picture. And I like the way you viewed the stacks of wood from an angle in order to capture that nice gradient from light to dark. I wasn’t familiar with that song… beautiful.
Thanks for the nice comment, John. I would have included a link to the song but couldn’t find one that suited me; it sounds like you found one. I’m happy to hear that you liked it.
I was only able to find covers as well, but the melody and lyrics are lovely.
We see this in a few places around here and I always like noticing the wood piling up. Coupled with the song, the image takes on even more meaning (I listened to Jean Ritchie – he’s new to me and satisfyingly straightforward, as it should be). It’s interesting how the stacking pattern changed – maybe for increased stability.
Interesting. I would have thought folks in your area would heat with wood. My introduction to the song was through the Laurie Lewis version I referenced so it set the bar for me. As I told John, I couldn’t find another recording to link to that I liked. I hope the lyrics held up the music in the version you listened to. Thanks, Lynn…I appreciate your comments.
We may not be as rural as we look. A lot of people do heat with wood, but only supplementally and not so much here on the island, where everyone has electricity and gas. I love the smell of woodsmoke but on still days it can be a problem. The version I heard has a nice feeling of simplicity, as that kind of song should. I don’t usually pay as much attention to lyrics as I do to the tune, rhythm, etc. so I can’t say anything about that part. Have a nice weekend!
We have the full gamut here. The Amish are off the grid; most of the rest of us use conventional heat and power. Then everything in between.
As for the song, in this case, I bought it for the lyrics…such a visual description of winter years ago in the Appalachian mountains. Best of the weekend to you too!