Category Archives: spring

rainy night.

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“it was a rainy night. it was the myth of a rainy night.”
― jack kerouac, on the road
oh, how i love rainy nights.

The University of Michigan Bentley Library

 a rainy night on campus. 1909

Photo credit: Daines & Nickels (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

 

easter bonnets.

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happy day to all who celebrate the return of spring

in their own very fine way.

in their easter finest. happy day to all who celebrate spring -

“i still believe in santa, the easter bunny, the tooth fairy and true love. don’t even try to tell me different.”

-dolly parton

 

art credits: vicky sawyer

rabbit coming soon. is that you?

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“hallo, rabbit,” he said, “is that you?”

“let’s pretend it isn’t,” said rabbit, “and see what happens.” 

A. A. Milne

 

art credit: painting (Counting Invisible Stars) by Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi

power nap.

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this guy….. acting all hangry and ready for spring

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – On March 7, a Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist on a radio telemetry flight observed the first grizzly bear of 2023 to emerge from hibernation. The adult bear, estimated at 300-350 pounds, was seen near the remains of a bison carcass in Pelican Valley, in the central-eastern part of the park.  Male grizzlies come out of hibernation in early March. Females with cubs emerge in April and early May. When bears emerge from hibernation, they look for food and often feed on elk and bison that died over the winter. Sometimes, bears will react aggressively toward people when feeding on carcasses. All of Yellowstone National Park is bear country.

“most animals show themselves sparingly. the grizzly bear is six to eight hundred pounds of smugness.

it has no need to hide. if it were a person, it would laugh loudly in quiet restaurants,

boastfully wear the wrong clothes for special occasions, and probably play hockey.” 

-craig childs, the animal dialogues: uncommon encounters in the wild

 

 

 

credits: national park service, jim peaco, grizzly bear on swan creek flat – photo

undecided.

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march arrives and mother nature sits undecided

 

 

“the seasons change their manner,

as the year had found some months asleep and leapt them over.”

-william shakespeare

 

 

 

ann arbor, mi, usa – march 2023 – mlive photo credit

in the dark of december.

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“i heard a bird sing in the dark of december.

a magical thing.

and sweet to remember.

we are nearer to spring than we were in september.

i heard a bird sing in the dark of december.”

 -oliver herford

 

art credit: “Winter Moon”, photograph by Ginette Brosseau
This dark winter landscape photo was taken not far from her home
along the shores of the St. Lawrence river in Quebec.

at last, may.

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yes it was yesterday, i think they may have over-celebrated and lost count. 

the fairy dance

the soft stars are shining,

the moon is alight;

the folk of the forest

are dancing tonight:

o swift and gay

is the song that they sing:

they float and sway

as they dance in a ring.

o seek not to find them,

the wee folk so fair;

they’re shy as the swallow

and swift as the air:

if you come, they are gone

like a snowflake in may:

like a breath, like a sigh,

they vanish away.

 

-katherine davis (1892-1980)

 

 

 

image source: peter gray’s vintage art and postcards