almost time to awaken to spring.
—
“there is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
-homer
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image credit: Wintersleep (giclee print) by Marjolein Caljouw
Feb26
Tag Archives: season
Jun20
just living is not enough.
on the cusp of summer
walking by the river
three hours
before the season’s return.
—
‘just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
-hans christian andersen
—
hunron river, ann arbor, michigan, usa – summer 2020
Dec25
happy christmas.
I saw
a tiny tricycle
decorated in garlands and sparkles
parked in the bike rack at the library
heard the train come through town
softly whistling the tune of jingle bells
watched the people line up
to catch the bus to the airport
taking them somewhere
where people were waiting to see them
turned to say hello
to the man walking his dog
in his Christmas pajamas
spent the day with family and friends
playing and laughing
simply enjoying the celebration
happy Christmas everyone.
—
“our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at christmas-time.”
– laura ingalls wilder
Dec2
good scents.
sweet scents of winter
ginger, nutmeg, cloves, cut pine
full of warmth and spice
—
“An I had but one penny in the world,
thou shouldst have it to buy gingerbread.”
—Love’s Labour’s Lost, William Shakespeare
Oct1
holding the moon in october.
‘the winds will blow their own freshness into you,
and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of autumn.’
-john muir
—
image credit: Holding the Moon by Eric Houck
Feb1
february arrives.
“february, a form pale-vestured, wildly fair,
one of the north wind’s daughters, with icicles in her hair.
~Edgar Fawcett, “The Masque of Months,” -1878
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image credits: teodora paintings , magic onions
Jan20
polar express.
jodie in the parking lot at mackinac island airport –
january in northern michigan
—
“i like the gizmos that transport people.”
-chris van allsburg – (michgan native and author of the polar express)
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credits: Mackinac Island Dockporters Association, jodie, roger priebe
Oct1
walking into october.
autumn is my time.
i am most radiant and full of energy
when the leaves are falling
and
there is a ghost of change in the air.
-author unknown
—
still walking
as october begins
and
the parks and i
change with the season.
(now at 120 and 30-some to go)
—
north lilley park, ann arbor, mi, usa
Jul8
heat.
local scarecrow goes down in the heat
and perhaps looks forward to a cooler season.
—
“if you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?”
-steven wright
May2
honey-sweet may.
“at last came the golden month of the wild folk–
honey-sweet May, when the birds come back,
and the flowers come out,
and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.”
― samuel scoville jr.
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image credit: proteus, ‘the elfin maypole float, 1887
