Category Archives: spring

Mar19

power nap.

Posted on March 19, 2023 by beth

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.

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“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

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

Mar1

undecided.

Posted on March 1, 2023 by beth

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march arrives and mother nature sits undecided

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“the seasons change their manner,

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

-william shakespeare

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

Dec30

in the dark of december.

Posted on December 30, 2022 by beth

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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

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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.

May2

at last, may.

Posted on May 2, 2022 by beth

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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)

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image source: peter gray’s vintage art and postcards

Apr11

april returns.

Posted on April 11, 2022 by beth

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“the sweet, small, clumsy feet of april came into the ragged meadow of my soul.”

-e.e. cummings

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art credit: Salvador Dali ‘Flowers’ 1948

Mar21

first rainbow of spring.

Posted on March 21, 2022 by beth

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followed a rainbow on my first walk in spring

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“if you have ever followed a rainbow to its end, it leads you to the ground on which you are standing.”

-alan cohen

Mar20

on the spring equinox.

Posted on March 20, 2022 by beth

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now is this isn’t a sure sign of spring, i don’t know what is…

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“spring makes its own statement,

so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of his instruments,

not the composer.”

-geoffrey charlesworth

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Art credit: Margaret Tarrant – The Fairy Troupe / Spring’s Flowery Cloak. Circa 1920s painting. A female sprite with a blue cloak shepherds tiny fairies and elves, each carrying a spring flower, through the undergrowth. Published by the Medici Society.