2 February 2024 (first vulture)

first vulture

or maybe it never left

February thaw

11 December 2023 (winter mist)

winter mist anticipating a swan

10 December 2023 (winter mist)

winter mist

delicate flies drift

into a window

6 March 2022 (thaw)

late winter thaw . . .

mist wreaths the islands

locked in lake ice

23 February 2022 (Chickadees)

paired chickadees

the intermittent whispers

of melting bog ice

9 February 2022 (snowmelt)

snowmelt

dripping from the eaves

a chickadee’s love song

24 February 2021 (lichen)

brief thaw

green places on the map

lichen

5 February 2019 (shadows)

a brief thaw

long shadows of trees

stretching in sunlight

December 29: Evergreen

Christmas fern

what else was green

under the snow

December 15: Porcupine

warm spell

porcupine enchanted

by still-green grass

November 27: Thaw

brief thaw

chickadees trying out

spring love songs