28 April 2024

First to Come

 Brewster's Woods Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts    

Or the first we have seen this season.

Still on the cool side
  but Swallows disperse energy all over the meadow, picking and choosing their summer houses.

   And I can't pass, but stop and watch...

Brewster's Woods: ... picking and choosing their summer houses...

Brewster's Woods: ... disperse energy all over the meadow...

Brewster's Woods: ... and I can't pass...

Brewster's Woods: ... but stop and watch...

20 April 2024

High Tide

Crane Estate, Ipswich, Massachusetts   

Special to be at this place and feel the ocean tides,
  the celestial potency and the rhythmic motions of the outer world.

Today is HIGH, HIGH tide,
  because the Sun and the Moon are aligned and they push and pull together.
    ALL in water,
  so much so that there will be no access to the beach for a few hours.
 
    And I am here,
  amidst this overflow, with the Sun and the Moon keeping me from leaving... 

Crane Estate: ... approaching...

Crane Estate: ... special to be at this place...

Crane Estate: ... to feel the ocean tides...

Crane Estate: ... the celestial potency...

Crane Estate: ... and the rhythmic motions...

Crane Estate: ... of the outer world...

Crane Estate: ... today is high, high tide...

Crane Estate: ... flowing through grasses...

Crane Estate: ... into the estuary...

Crane Estate: ... up to the bridge...

Crane Estate: ... and over the road...

Crane Estate: ... all in water...

Crane Estate: ... and I am here...

Crane Estate: ... with the sun and the moon...

Crane Estate: ... keeping me from leaving...


11 April 2024

Solar Eclipse 2024

Crane Beach, Massachusetts   

8 April 2024

A day when the Sun meets the Moon.
 When only the minutes of time bring a sense of where I am and have always been,

  and why is the Sun a principal part of my being.

This is just a partial eclipse, 93% of the Sun is occluded.
 Enough for the light to pass away and for the cold to come in, in the middle of warm daytime.

Never before, have I been face to face with a chance of this life giving power going away.
 As if the Sun is trying to teach me a lesson. 

    I wonder... 

Crane Beach: ... Solar Eclipse today...

Crane Beach: ... a day...

Crane Beach: ... when the Sun meets the Moon...

Crane Beach: ... 93% of the Sun is occluded, enough...

Crane Beach: ... for the cold to come in...

Crane Beach: ... and the light to pass away...

Crane Beach: ... face to face...

Crane Beach: ... with a chance of this life giving power going away...

Crane Beach: ... as if...

Crane Beach: ... the Sun is trying to teach me a lesson...

Crane Beach: ... I wonder...


02 April 2024

Early Spring Spirits

Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, Lincoln, Massachusetts   

Such early days of spring.
 Browns dominate,
   except for those bouquets of young leaves here and there, quite close to my hands.

 Birds are the first to break the silence of winter.
   Their tweets convey the spirit of arousal, waiting for the woods to respond. 

 From branch to branch. Hopping over fallen trees.

   With the smile... 

Drumlin: ... early colors...

Drumlin: ... sparkle the spirits...

Drumlin: ... over lifeless leaves...

Drumlin: ... and fallen trees...

Drumlin: ... from above...

Drumlin: ... into the arms...

Drumlin: ... the legs...

Drumlin: ... the eyes...

Drumlin: ... and the smile...

Drumlin: ... it is all here...

Drumlin: ... in the air...