March, A Month To Spring Forward, Still

March, A Month To Spring Forward, Still

by | Mar 27, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Writing

The harbingers of spring continue this month, with azaleas, daffodils, and forsythia in full bloom, and maples, alders, and dogwood trees beginning to bud out. We have a mallard couple visiting our pond and a blush of robins spreads over the front field bobbing for...
FEBRUARY, A MONTH OF HARBINGERS

FEBRUARY, A MONTH OF HARBINGERS

by | Feb 28, 2024 | Daily Life, Nature, Writing

If last month winter was on my mind (winter projects, wintering, snow), the month of February has me noticing the harbingers of spring (daffodil buds, the morning bird chorus, the emergence of Pacific banana slugs), even if the temperatures are still on the chilly...