Category: spring
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Welcome Spring!
Well, who would have imagined? Spring is officially here and last night we heard the first peepers of the season. We awoke to a “heavy drizzle,” a concept I would have thought was an oxymoron. Now fog has settled over the village making it a challenge to discern what’s fog and what’s drizzle, and where…
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Deafening Silence
It’s lovely out, mid 50’s F, clear skies, and little wind. From the looks of things, we shall have daffodils any day now, at which point it will be spring. As I write I can hear birdsong through the closed window; most likely the sparrows are nesting just below my office/studio. I’m trying to find…
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In the Face of Erasure
After a balmy weekend, today is rainy and raw; it has become chillier as the day has gone on. Much of the rain has been heavy but for now is a fine mist. We greatly need the rain so this dark, wet day is much appreciated. I’ve been watching as the current administration deletes references…
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Spring Approaches
A pleasant early spring day, sunny with a high overcast which is ever so slowly thickening. The equinox is only a few days away, and today the birdsong has been abundant and energetic, especially from the starlings and blackbirds. The windstorm earlier this week took down a conifer abutting the field, separating the canopy from…
