3.23.2015

Spring has begun



snow is melting
river rising
aquas and green water rushing


Montana Rockies 
wearing Snow cloak


wandering
hoping to find a freshly fallen antler
and there it was!

first butterfly sighing of the year!


river rocks
dressed in sunlight and snowmelt


because so many of you love our river rocks
just so that you can see them dry


sandy floor

then i noticed
most the sticks on the beach whittled at each end!
beaver home must have been torn apart by the river.
never knew they chewed each side of their sticks:
wet and dry:


i feel thrilled 
with our new season Spring
except
that i found a tick walking around on me yesterday
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3.12.2015

Spring is Evident


spring is tumbling into our world earlier this year
snow is melting 
meadows make their way to holding lakes


I have seen robins three days now
a sure sign of spring


nature is busy creating artful sightings


cattails long gone to seed


 become characters


 that make me smile with wonder


 I love how each year there are new things to chance upon


 I wonder if insects tuck deep within these whacky holes
and called them home sweet home
this past winter

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3.07.2015

The Unwary Pine Grosbeak


against our gray day
earth cloaked in old snow
starting to tarnish with age
 
a new joyous song filling the air
i spied RED
unexpected in our usual and sparse wintry mix
of birds

the pine grosbeak


it ate sunflowers seeds that fell to the ground
but not from the feeder


the lovely female nearly disappears
into the colors of the mossy limbs of the tree


a poor photo above
but i wanted you to see the male and female
side by side


a small yellow spot at the corner of it's eye
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also their song is lovely
to me i hear: pretty bird over and over
but not on the recordings on websites
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they have stayed around for a month and a half
a bit of color means so much in deep winter grays


they inspired a painting:


the bird feeder hat

i share my art at my other blog:

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