Thursday, January 15, 2009

Hope for Spring

It's damn cold. 'Nuff said.

January 14--Linkoku, Spring Landscape. I love the early spring days when the breeze has warmed and the sun shines enough to melt the snow on south-facing slopes. I love to see the dark green-brown of last year's grass looking all mashed down by the weight of the snow one day and showing the bright green of new growth the next. Birds start to sing more, the early arrivals return to add their voices to the sun salutations at dawn. Everything is awakening. The trees wearing their winter black, one day sport swelling buds and any winter storm-broken branch drips sweet new life in the sun. The pale yellow light of approaching spring warms the winter gray dawn and banishes it until next October.

There. See you tonight with a completed Herman story to read to you. Thrills, chills, and a little laughter!
--Barbara

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