Wednesday, April 07, 2010

I've been

looking at cherry blossoms as a bumblebee might

divining the cryptic patterns of moths

wandering along creeks

practising my snake-charming skills*

resisting the urge to walk barefoot among the violets and bluets

letting the sun kiss my shoulders

imagining a visit to the Grand Canyon and deciding other places call to me more

watching bats weave their twilight magic across Venus and a sinking Orion

debating my future

feeling like the fifth wheel on a car gone crazily off course

cheering for a rookie

muddying my bare feet to save my shoes

discovering a pair of eagles soaring among dogwood flowers

hyperventilating on a train trestle

the scope's okay despite its crazy cartwheel into the river below!

eating s'mores

watching Spring spread across the treetops

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Anything fun for you lately?

*If someone can help on the snake, I'd appreciate it... it tried very hard to convince silly me that it was a fierce rattlesnake, using its tail to rattle the dried leaves (and the worried man standing behind me.)

;-)

9 comments:

jason said...

Just marvelous, Laura! Truly delightful. And gorgeous photos. Sounds like you've been focused on all the right things. And I had to laugh about the scope cartwheeling into the river... Been there and done that.

(I'm no expert, but your snake looks like a kind of rat snake [Elaphe obsoleta]. They're known to rattle their tails to mimic true rattlesnakes, and the pattern seems right. But I'm only guessing.)

dguzman said...

Re the snake, what Jason said. I have a link for something you might enjoy: http://www.wildlifecontrolexperts.com/snakes.pdf

Glad you're having a good time. Me too, at least until next Wednesday when I have to start my new job....

Cathy said...

Oh wow! Laura - beautiful picture essay and lovely, funny prose.

Wow. Did you *really* drop your scope off that trestle?

I just saw your comment over at Bev's blog - she identified snakes once for me. She could probably help Id yours.

She is as lovely a person as her blog. I spent a little time with her last year.

Ruth said...

Great post Laura. (even with the snake)

The Bunns said...

That's our pal "Sneaky Snake" ... watch out - he'll drink up all of your beers! (Tom T. Hall)

Your pictures are pretty much what life always looks like to us!

MevetS said...

"practising my snake-charming skill"

Pfft!

Let me know when you can get them to slide into you pockets!

:-)

(And yeah, rat snake seems probable.)

Jimmy said...

Rat Snake is my guess also. Enjoyed your photos.

LauraHinNJ said...

Thanks all... it was a fun couple of days!

Susan Gets Native said...

Quit throwing your tripod off trestles!

(And I thought for a second you had typed "cheering for nookie".)