Tag Archives: spring

Fierce Desire to Blog again

Posted on May 2, 2014 by

This is the third day that I’ve woken up with a Fierce Desire to Blog again. Each day I watch this desire arise.  It’s not retreating.  It’s gaining momentum.  It’s like a tsunami bearing down on the shore of this … Continue reading →

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Escape

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

This week’s photo challenge at WordPress is:  Escape. Just wanted to let you know.  We’ve finally busted out of winter here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula after almost seven months. We’ve successfully escaped. We can only hope someone hid the keys … Continue reading →

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Breaking up is *not so* very hard to do

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

Yesterday morning in town–in between errands a’plenty–I noticed that the last of the ice on the bay was breaking up into jagged concentric circles and other patterned ice floes. It was warm, about 60 degrees (16 C) in the early … Continue reading →

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Melt

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

The Long Winter seems to be exiting just in time for May.  We can only hope.  Last weekend the temperatures soared to about 70 degrees (21 C) and our snow began to melt, melt, melt. We humans scurried outside, sun … Continue reading →

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Hullabaloo

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

Such a hullabaloo in the Northern forest! Spring Seed Boy fell in love with young Snow Maiden. Oh, it’s forbidden, don’t you know! The Winter Queen, in her fury, locked Spring Seed Boy in a shed behind the six-foot snow bank. … Continue reading →

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“How long will she stay THIS time?”

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

How’s the weather in your neck of the woods?

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Dear flower

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

In what ways are you opening this spring? In what ways are you blooming? Bloom, dear flower, bloom into the fullest being you can be.

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What think thee? Pussy willows or snow willows?

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Here is your clue. Today it’s 65 degrees here.  (That’s 18.33333333 Celsius.)  Barry and I have just sipped lovely beverages on the back deck.  I have a meeting tonight and shall soon depart, just as soon as tonight’s chipotle tempeh … Continue reading →

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Streams, Bluebird & Wood ticks

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

I had no intention of writing a blog today.  Other things to do, you know.  First, work at the school.  It’s a long story why I was working on Tuesday instead of Monday (my usual day) but I will not … Continue reading →

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Hummingbird status

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Just wanted to tell you first thing this morning.  Hummingbirds have been spotted in both Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas.  My mom put up the feeder down in Yale on Friday.  She offered a “signficant” prize for the person who … Continue reading →

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