05 April 2025

Searching for the Spring

Brewster's Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Cool and windy, bundled-up.

Chirps and flirts delight, as the waking songs amidst the browns.

And then there is this water, lots of water,
   in the ponds,
    with young lilies coming through,
  and Canadiens enjoying splashing it around.
 
 A single swan at peace... 

Brewster's Woods: ... chirps and flirts amidst the browns...

Brewster's Woods: ... as the waking songs...

Brewster's Woods: ... and then there is this water...

Brewster's Woods: ... lots of water...

Brewster's Woods: ... with young lilies coming through...

Brewster's Woods: ... and Canadiens splashing it around...

Brewster's Woods: ... the plenty...

Brewster's Woods: ... of peace and quiet...

Brewster's Woods: ... personified...

Brewster's Woods: ... where each flap matters...

Brewster's Woods: ... and Phoebe watches...

Brewster's Woods: ... this hat...

Brewster's Woods: ... inspirited by the liveliness of unperceived...

Brewster's Woods: ... so, where is the spring?...

Brewster's Woods: ... over there...


26 March 2025

Being a Bird

Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle, Massachusetts

Cornfields are blank, young corns not in sight, still below the ground.
 Yet the soil looks ready,
  with the notes, as a nudge to a passer-by not to intrude.

 Bluebirds flutter across,
  and do not mind having these note posts around.

 Good spots to take a brief rest... 

Great Brook: ... early spring cornfields attract attention...

Great Brook: ... of trespassers...

Great Brook: ... a good spot to take a brief rest...


20 March 2025

Happy Spring !!!!

Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle, Massachusetts

      Just awaken from the winter sleep... 

Great Brook: ... Happy Spring !!!!...


17 March 2025

Cold Water

 Halibut Point State Park, Cape Ann, Massachusetts

The ocean is dotted with these teeny beings.
 Sea ducks,
  in high spirits,
   and consonant in motion with the blue.

 They come from the frozen North and winter on this spot, day and night in this cold water.
  How can they survive ?
   
 Perfectly adapted, no worries over here...

Halibut Point: ... the ocean is dotted with these teeny beings...

Halibut Point: ... Harlequins...

Halibut Point: ... they come from the frozen north and winter on this spot...

Halibut Point: ... day and night in this cold water...

Halibut Point: ... never touch the coast...

Halibut Point: ... consonant...

Halibut Point: ... in motion...

Halibut Point: ... and a silent pause...

Halibut Point: ... with the blue...

Halibut Point: ... feel like an outsider ?...

Halibut Point: ... perhaps...

Halibut Point: ... day and night in this cold water...

Halibut Point: ... how can they survive ?...

Halibut Point: ... no worries over here...

14 March 2025

In the Red...

Cambridge, Massachusetts

     ... of our life-giving Planet.

  I wonder if a tiny bit of me is up there, looking down ? Smiling.

    I smile back... 

... in the red...


26 February 2025

Sparkling

Drumlin Farm, Lincoln, Massachusetts

 All frozen,
  no motion,
    except for
  the flitting sparrows amidst snowy sparkles...  

Drumlin: ... knows this place...

Drumlin: ... and the winters that come for a visit...

Drumlin: ... amidst the sparkles...

Drumlin: ... of the frozen world...


22 February 2025

On the Path

 Cambridge, Massachusetts

   Around the Sun, TOGETHER...

... around the sun, together...