And all of a sudden, its Spring

[trystinn]

I've been watching the Earth awaken this last week with amazement and awe. Crocus and Daffie shoots are pushing up, tender little leaf buds are working their way out of branches, and the winter nip in the air is gone even though its still in the forties. Formerly dry and denuded branches are covered in that lightest of new green leaves, that special green tone that one never mistakes for anything other than spring growth.

All these little signs building together to form a new Earth. I'm afraid to blink.

And then it hails. And all bets are off. What a ride!

Comments

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

I love this post. It reminds me of this poem. Congrats, you qualify as one of the quiet.





There Was a Change Today

There was a change today
only the quite will notice.
The rain falls the same way,
throws itself into the drowning earth.
It is always raining here.

Each tree still stiff with winter cold.
No buds. No leaves. No greening shoots.
Yet, I feel a weak yellow heartbeat
threading through the branches.

And the earth in places,
and the air
tastes different, rounder
lingering in the mouth.
Exposed stones duck down,
sink their toes in, waiting.

The sparrows feeding on store bought seed
peck slowly, fly with less worry
reassured by instinctual foreknowledge.

Soon. Soon.
The Season rolls over in her sleep.
The rain falls the same way and
only the quiet will notice.

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

Awww, thank you. Dare I ask who the author is?

Btw, we're going to be staying in Everett - is that close enough for a visit over the next few days?

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

I am the author of that poem. Bellingham is an hour north of Everett. I am a mass transit guy, so I stay pretty close to home. If you guys were headed north I would totally tell you to come and visit me.

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

I had a feeling that was one of yours :) :) :)

Lemme check with my road buddy and we'll see what we can do!

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

The mundane name is Jory Mickelson (360) 752-0599. If you come up I may be forced to feed the both of you something delicious and meat free! ;)

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

Hey, that could work! I'm not the driver, and it ain't my car, so I'm at Deb's mercy!

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

That or we can go out. Company is such a treat for me living as far North as I do. All the Canadians head straight down to Seattle and all of the Seattle people stay put.

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

Ahh, how well I know that feeling here on Whidbey!

[herbmcsidhe.livejournal.com]

yeah, it was the same way when we lived in Kingston, before rejoining the "real world".