Tag Archives: spring

Spring miracle

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Kathy

I can’t wait another second to tell you the news. (Besides, you asked for an update.) Some of you may remember last month’s blog about the little tame chipmunk from last summer.  He had a crack in his ear, and … Continue reading →

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Quiet spring meditation in the woods

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Kathy

It sometimes takes a long time–a truly long time–maybe even years, or decades, or a lifetime–for one to learn how to truly become quiet in the woods. So quiet, so still, that there is no difference between you and the … Continue reading →

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Slapping mosquitoes, picking off wood ticks and welcoming spring

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Kathy

Happy weekend, readers. The last day of May beckons. I just slapped a mosquito here in the house, ending its short buzzing life. They rise in clouds in the woods, singing their blood-sucking songs.  Barry thinks I exaggerate about the … Continue reading →

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Morning fog

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Kathy
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Ice melts.

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Kathy

You wonder about the story of our lives here in the Upper Peninsula? It could be summed up in two words:  Ice melts. Ice melts on the bays. Ice turns blue, shaky, unstable. Don’t walk on it. Turn, instead, toward … Continue reading →

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Fierce Desire to Blog again

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Kathy

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 Kathy

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 Kathy

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 Kathy

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 Kathy

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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