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Silent Spring

April 27, 2023
  Spring does not seem to come silently.  From the first drip of snowmelt, spring is a season that plays on the ear.  Even in the lowly ditch of the […]

Wild Daffodils

April 22, 2023
About 25 years ago we planted daffodil bulbs on the south side of our house where they would bloom the earliest.  We enjoyed the bright yellow blooms in April for […]

Full Chorus

April 13, 2023
  This week Spring took up its baton, tapped the musical score for attention and brought the full orchestra to life in a rousing and rising crescendo.  The mornings and […]

Gathering In

April 7, 2023
Last evening Michelle and I went in search of swans.  These last weeks of March and first weeks of April are typically the time when the trumpeter swans use the […]

Coming Clean

April 7, 2023
I remember the year distinctly – 1998.  I remember the day distinctly – it was the morning of November 5th.  What I remember most was the “not thrilled” look on […]

In the Balance

March 24, 2023
In the Balance March had pushed itself into late February.  The little snow that had fallen was dry and powdery so what was still on the ground had seemed to […]