11 March 2019 (snow)

shoveling out

the roof sends down

another pile of snow

10 March 2019 (DST)

spring ahead

extra hour of daylight

lost to snowfall

9 March 2019 (forsythia)

winter sun

glowing in the window

forsythia sprigs

8 March 2019 (roadkill)

road-killed squirrel

slowing for the crows

to get one last bite

7 March 2019 (tulips)

sun on snow

grocery store tulips also

leaning into the light

6 March 2019 (mockingbird)

fresh snow

missing palm trees

mockingbird’s song

5 March 2019 (curtains)

late winter

closing the curtains

before it’s dark

4 March 2019 (dragonfly)

morning sun

on the alligator’s back

blue dragonfly

3 March 2019 (beach)

blue sky

a pelican dives through it

blue water

2 March 2019 (vultures)

over the ballpark

vultures spiraling upward

spring training

1 March 2019 trio (swamp)

Spent the morning in Corkscrew Swamp, a nature preserve protecting an ancient cypress swamp lush with ferns, water hyacinth, palmettos, vines, and giant trees hundreds of years old, and teeming with birds, insects, and other wildlife. Such a challenge to convey the essence of such a rich and multi-textured place in a minimal number of words...

cypress swamp

opening as we pass

the alligator’s eyes

cypress swamp

climbing the fallen tree

bright green ferns

cypress swamp

the green heron remains

motionless