Spring Walk

walking in the woods

a cool day

mixed with warmth from the sun

paused at a muddy spot

to consider paw prints

looks like a young lion passed by

a gentle breeze passed through

carrying the subtle scent

of skunk and pennyroyal

(photo not pennyroyal)

 I wonder at the story...

 who got sprayed by a skunk and why 

I smelled something similar this week

near my cabin

a lion killed a deer

I set a trail camera on the carcass

 checked the camera a couple days later

and this is what my camera captured:

 pausing in one spot

treasures found

a sleeping lady bug I spy

and a bumble bee flew by

new growth on Tamaracks

yellow violets sun bathe 

trees with vibrant buds

in one spot it feels 

as though the entire spirit of life exists

(moss flowers)

I find quiet joy in this

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Beltane 2014

we are

halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice

 

flowers raise their lovely faces

to the sun

cloaked in leaves

glacier lilies breathe

 

until the perfect moment to bloom

 

flower season has JUST begun

it amazes me

to find tiny succulents

that have lived beneath winter's snow

I am still in love

with the new buds on the tops of fir trees

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Spring Walk, Today

walking through the woods

my first wildflowers of the year

so tiny, i almost missed them

tiny fungi, big color

(ascomycetes, perhaps)

the top of a young pine tree

(if you were wondering)

last nights raindrops adorn moss

first and only violet that i saw

i did not eat this one

 

so tiny, i nearly did not see this family of five

(perhaps a Mycena)

buds

illumined in sunlight

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Spring is beginning to burst

still a subtle thing

but if you look real closely

it is bursting

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Spring Ice

the sun came out

inspired a walkabout

this creek was found

cloaked in bijou of ice

and

sang a song

of bubbles and flowing waters

dressed in soft light

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Spring Walk with Lucy

our eyes were on the ground a lot

me on rocks

Lucy and I on tracks

of wolf

and

elk

also deer

we saw our first butterflies of the year

such beauties all

and every pond of water

found Lucy wading through

and every pile of snow

a place to rest as well

tiny details to behold

looks like plants within a rock

 

a spring walk

on a beautiful day

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Early Spring

meadows of snow

turn to creeks and lakes

along edges artful ice bathed in shadow

and sunlight

colors and shapes

reflections that dance

colored by last autumns grass

 and shadows

grace ongoing snow

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spring

early spring

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