This Day

Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts

When the Sun starts coming back, the whole story begins again.
  Everything alive is affected
 because the Sun brings energy and energy sparks life.

Even before the science took us over,
  and explained,
 we had carried this belief in our souls.

How could we not ?

The light, the warmth, the being.
The Sun has always been part and parcel of ourselves.
  Deeply implanted,
 and personified through the stories.
 
I admire IT and fear IT at the same time.

 On this day of ITS return...

Winter Banquet

Ward Reservation, Andover, Massachusetts

Piles of pine cone scales
 on the snow covered rocks of stone walls.
 
So many ?
 Too many for a single squirrel.
  Feels like a banquet...

Warmth and smiles on these winter paths.
 
 Where are they?

Snowy Wonder

Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

First snow. Expected.
 In today's meteorology we know what is to come.
 
 No surprises.

 Reminds me of Daniel Gilbert's thoughts:

 The price we pay
 for our irrepressible explanatory urge is
 that we often spoil our most pleasant experiences
 by making good sense of them.  

 Even so,
  
  I am in the woods, rejoicing the snowflakes...

How is your Winter?

Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts

    Getting closer...

Rejoining

Crane Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Is it the last leaf ?  
 
The distance comes closer on the wings.
  Sea Ducks are back...

So am I

 Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts

    In this world of water...

Into the Twilight

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Middle of the day.
  Geese seem to be leaving, in the shades of sundown.
   And soon enough, it gets darker.
 
Black's Nook dried-out Lotuses leave the space for Mergansers.
 
  Floating into the night...