Ice covers one of the archways in the Memory Garden.

Laura Matthis visits the Memory Garden during a retreat at Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center
after a beautiful snowfall for some winter meditation.

Cedars bow before the Lord.  Would that all of us were so holy.

Winter ice on the brown spent blossoms of the chrysanthemums hides the green of the boxwood,
which reminds us that after every winter there is a spring.

Roses waiting for their first blooms.  Waiting is so difficult for us in our hectic world.