The years just keep rolling along, and spring arrives, more or less on schedule, about this time every year–and about six months earlier or later in the southern hemisphere–moving around the world and never holding still for long. We get a couple of days of warm weather, and everyone is out mowing lawns, some for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘spring’
Spring Again
Posted in changes, Flowers, gardening, hope, Nature, Perspectives, spring, tagged anticipation, changes, flowers, gardening, hope, nature, spring on April 9, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Spring Snow
Posted in changes, Nature, spring, winter, tagged beauty, changes, nature, snow, spring, weather, winter on March 22, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Weather in North America has been weird lately. Back East temperatures are unseasonably high, setting records in place. Here in western Oregon, spring rains should be replacing winter rains. Instead, for two mornings in a row, I have awakened to a landscape covered in white. The snow slips silently in under cover of darkness. My [...]
Yaquina Head
Posted in Coast, Nature, spring, tagged beach, birds, contentment, joy, nature, spring on May 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
One of Oregon’s well-kept secrets is that occasionally the sun does come out, even at the coast. We chanced upon one of those rare spring days while staying in Newport for a belated anniversary getaway. So naturally we spent much of the day outside, walking on the beach and exploring nearby Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural [...]
Spring Sunshine
Posted in blessings, changes, Flowers, joy, Nature, spring, Uncategorized, tagged beauty, blessings, changes, joy, life, nature, spring on May 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Spring sunshine breaks like a glowing UFO through the grayness, bringing with it marvelous gifts.
Spring??
Posted in changes, Flowers, hope, Nature, spring, tagged birds, changes, hope, life, nature, spring, winter on April 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Is it really spring? It’s hard to tell when even the geese don’t know which way to fly.
Cloud Watching–Better than Television
Posted in changes, clouds, joy, Nature, spring, winter, tagged beauty, clouds, joy, nature, spring, winter on February 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Clouds move across the sky in a wild kaleidoscope of shapes and colors, and I try to capture the beauty in words and photos.
Old Fence Posts
Posted in complexity, Nature, winter, tagged beauty, complexity, gardening, nature, spring on February 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Going out to prune the raspberries, I discover a miniature world atop an old fence post.
Arenaria Macrophylla
Posted in Flowers, spring, Uncategorized, Words, tagged beauty, joy, nature, spring, wildflowers, Words on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Arenaria macrophylla. A beautiful little wildflower you have likely never heard of, but one that means a lot to me.
Rain
Posted in clouds, gardening, Perspectives, spring, tagged attitude, clouds, gardening, life, rain, spring on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rain spills from gray skies, and my garden remains unplanted, a muddy brown splotch in the midst of all the green.
Japanese Green
Posted in joy, Perspectives, spring, Uncategorized, tagged awe, beauty, green, Japan, joy, nature, spring on May 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Riding the shinkansen, I am amazed at the green colors of Japan and wonder about those who created the shrines far above the verdant valleys.
