March 17: Cypress swamp

500-year-old trees

we crane our necks

in this open-air cathedral

 

 

 

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March 16: Anticipation

brighter than any star

incoming airplane

make a wish

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March 15: Forcing spring

The forced flowers bloom

on the morning we head out

to Florida.

 

 

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March 14: Packing anxiety

Trip preparation--

the neurotic little cat

senses something's up.

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March 13: Trailing Arbutus

Trailside mayflower patch,

green leaves but no buds yet--

we'll hike here next month.

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March 12: Skunk cabbage

Skunk cabbages are very interesting plants that generate enough internal heat that they can melt snow in the spring. There's been no snow-melting necessary this spring, so today on our walk we were able to observe the fresh shoots of skunk cabbages raising their mottled heads in the cedar swamp.

 

Skunk cabbages rise.

Walking past we two

generate our own spring heat.

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March 11: Waxwings

a host of waxwings

neighborhood visitation

happiest of friends

 

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March 10: Snowdrops

No snow but snowdrops

shining amid last year's leaves--

remembered promise.

 

 

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March 9: Neighors

Little red hen

clucking on my doorstep--

is she here to borrow eggs?

 

 

 

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March 8: Ice-out

Fragments of tinkling ice

shatter on the rocky shore,

lake a tragic wind chime.

 

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March 7: Everything's connected

On the kitchen shelf

wooden bird, little Buddha

linked by a cobweb

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