Snowdrops

Fells Reservation, Massachusetts
 
Snowdrops come from deciduous forests of Europe. There, they learned the advantage of early bloom...
   ... and early bloom makes them human's darlings.
  
       Why do we love them so much?
Poking out of melting snow, they give us first notice of coming spring...
   ... in their subtle voice... the winter is over...

The Point

Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island
 
Sachuest Point... The place for birds.
A small piece of prickly thicket rushing towards the ocean...
   ...where land birds find peace and water birds find waves.
I am circling the only human pathway... edging the land and the ocean... and watching...
   ... binoculars bring me closer...

Late Snow

Fells Reservation, Massachusetts
 
... glittering surfaces... and footsteps... I hear gurgling streams and birds' chirps... spring is coming...

The Mountain

South Ridge, Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park
 
At 466 meters (1530 feet), she is the highest point along the North Atlantic coast. And the first to see a sunrise in the United States from autumn through spring. Millions of years of turbulent history makes her who she is today. A family of granite boulders, subalpine people... and clouds...
... winds shape her defiant character...
... and we take-in her eternal energy...