Everything has its season, but no season is without color and life, wonder and surprise. He who would know the world of which he is a part must know the way the January wind shapes a snowdrift as well as the ecstasy with which an oriole greets the June dawn.
--Hal Borland
A chance at #23.
Skunk cabbage and, with luck, Hepatica.
That first Phoebe.
Pussy willows.
Grackles and Red-wing blackbirds.
The sun streaming through the bedroom window again when I wake up.
Piping plovers!
Returning Osprey!
Woodcock!!
Peepers.
Girl Scout cookies.
What are you looking forward to as Winter ends?
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redwings and grackles, here, too
the first blooms on the johnny jump ups
Wenot wearing a coat!
smelling the soil when I am out working
used to get our first robin around march 15, but now we have them all the time, so they are off the list
Putting the snow shovel away! :)
Woodcock, yes. Any day now, it will be time to pour tea from the Thermos and sit as the last light of day fades in a certain ancient field by the edge of a swamp waiting for the twittering sky-dance to begin as I wonder how many generations of odd little birds have returned to this magical place, and wonder how much longer they will return.
Clear sunny days with a cold wind, and my massive itch to start gardening!
Rain! We need Rain! Otherwise it is going to be a long dry summer in the Pac. NW!
Fresh picked greens every night!!!
Lovely, lovely. The Borland quote and your list of springtime longings.
At first I thought you meant you already had experienced those items this spring and I was ready to move to your neighborhood - pronto!
Such great quotes about spring, Laura. We've had an amazingly sunny, snowless one up here. Thinking of you. :)
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