Tag Archives: spring
Time Change
Last night I was nodding off over an arduous editing job. It was only 8:30. I switched to a somewhat less arduous editing job, thinking it might help me stay awake. No go. At 9:05, I nudged Travvy out of … Continue reading
Poison Ivy
The undersung green in the landscape. Everyone rhapsodizes about the coming of spring, but no one rhapsodizes about poison ivy. There’s a lot of it out there. It climbs up trees, it lurks under scrub oak and huckleberry, it even … Continue reading
Green Green
The unfolding of spring this year has been unusually entrancing, or maybe it’s just that I’ve been more-than-usually entranced. In winter, I packed my little Canon PowerShot on late-afternoon walks when the gathering clouds promised a vivid sunset. These days … Continue reading
Ghost Trees
I thought I’d missed the ghost trees this year. Their white flowers flicker off in the woods before the oaks start leafing out. They catch the corner of my eye as I drive down State Road. Spring is coming, they … Continue reading
Yellow Season
Yellow season is rolling out all around us. Yellow season is daffodils, forsythia, and dandelions. Some other stuff is yellow all year-round. Here’s some stuff that’s yellow all year-round.
A Crossroad Orange
I went to the crossroad Fell down on my knees . . . — Robert Johnson I went to the crossroad too. I went to the crossroad three times and the first two times the batteries in my camera died. … Continue reading
From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 