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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…
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Between Winter and Spring
Today is another crystalline March day, somewhere between winter and spring. The Croci are coming into bloom and the daffodils are growing taller each day. Most days also bring more bird song as those birds that do not overwinter slowly filter in and the resident birds become more territorial. Yesterday we made it to the…
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Breath and Memory
Today dawned clear and chilly. The bare branches whip around against the blue sky. The danger of fire is unusually high, and the turkeys and geese are traveling in large packs. The wind has been intense the past few days, breaking branches and taking down scaffolding. The barometric pressure has been bouncing around as well.…
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Grief and Gratitude
Today is bright and ridiculously windy. In the sun, out of the wind, one may luxuriate; in the wind, its painful. Here and there a tree has bust into bloom or leaf, a lone spot of color in the monotone March landscape. I don’t know about you, but when things are crazy I find it…
