Into the Early Spring

Ward Reservation, Andover, Massachusetts

First green leaves, 

 amidst browns, 

   where muddy prevails.

 

  There! 

 I see a bluebird on a branch. 

   Seems the time is right

 to bring the colors with the wings into the woods... 

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?

A Day in the Woods

Ward Reservation, Andover, Massachusetts
 
Cheerful breeze,
  wandering through the crowns.
   Enters the world
 where passes meet the eyes of quietude...

Osprey Times

Ward Reservation, Andover, Massachusetts
 
Walking woods on a hot day without looking for anything.

And then it happens.
 Ospreys flying around their nest,
  and the two of us,
     watching...
 
Nature always has her ways
 with the unexpected
  that may never come about again. 

Through the Woods

Charles W. Ward Reservation, Andover, Massachusetts   

Late spring or early summer ?
Leaves are still young, bright, perfect.
  Mingling through the woods. Dancing with the shadows in light breeze.

Grasses are taller, do not allow cross-walks any more.
  And the rocks would not mind.
    Ready, as usual, for my boots.

Arriving to the beaver's pond, an artwork of a primeval engineer.
 Where all is worked-out without touching anything.
  Or so IT feels.
  Some trees were sacrificed. All the rest came by nature. Bringing water to those who need IT.
 
  Yet meant for a beaver...