Morning After Rains Moisture Brings

Crocus raindrop spheres

forms of light and shadow

beyond purple white macro

mountain comforter cloud adheres

A Seasonal Ritual Ends Work is Never Done!

Now with the warmer days and nights sugar farmers are taking down their buckets and cleaning their sugarhouses. All the snow has nearly melted here and the excitement of springs return is seen in the flights of birds, sprouts of plant and cracking calyxes or sepals on shrubs and trees. Roger must go out into his sugar orchard, also known as sugar bush... to gather all his tubing and buckets for cleaning and storage. It is a great deal of work and I so appreciate my pure syrup all the more, for understanding all the talent and hard work that goes into the making of it. I am thankful for the trees ... for the climate that allows them to grow and flourish in states all across the north, and for Roger and others like him, who continue to harvest this gift of Rock Maple trees. We must take care of our earth, for we are all stewards of this planet, and must be guardians for future generations so that they too will enjoy this magical spring ritual.

Again Happy Spring! On to the next seasonal rituals; taking note of returning birds, of dividing plants, having stern, strong conversations with the deer and the continued clean up from last fall and winter. Not to forget to enjoy ... to simply be within the garden and nature and try to feel as one with it.

Rolling Hills Waking Hellebores

Spring Flowering Families Iridaceae and Liliaceae

Tiny fragile life continues to yawn and stretch 

blades piercing layers of softening earth 

colorful sepals and petals unfurl slicing

air creating spacial dialogue between

canopies of tiny plant reaching

up towards stick like shrubs 

below giant trees seeming 

unending and strong

yet these small 

bulbs endure

cold, moles,

voles to

open

to 

be.

Flames of Red Orange Flames of Iris Blue

Spring clean up is under way

one lonely iris out to stay

more will follow in days ahead

fire work has me full of dread.

Amaryllis Hippeastrum Forms and Ruminations VI

Sun fire washes red into orange yellow

younger buds unfurling red more mellow

rays through glass create sun bubbles

floating in a splash of red yellow petals

fully blown open not a perfect poem

a study of vibrant color and form.

Amaryllis Hippeastrum Forms and Ruminations V

Grand finale bursting trumpets

red flares petals in threes

corolla inner and outer wings

echo sextet in stamen things

filaments rise lines to anthers

pollen dust capsules fertilize

solo sticky stigma hidden notes to life

reside within chambers out of sight

Studies in Lavender Pink and Cobalt Blue

Mountains lie beneath pink sky
rose blossoming clouds float by
while jet black crows fly high
dendrobium orchids multiply
lavender mauve flowers please the eye
sweet subtle fragrance spills nearby

Amaryllis Hippeastrum Forms and Ruminations IV

Parting red buds petals unfurling

separating sepals once green unveiling

dwarf viridescent stems inching high

pushing towards warm light and sky

crown of ruby swollen flower wings

expand on tall jade wand of cellular rings.

Coopers Hawk Eyeing Flying Through Air Gold Finch Bluebird Beware!

Blue Views Garden Meanderings White Surrendering Fallen Limbs Sprouting Stems