Saturday, May 16, 2015

5.16.15 In between all things, I sit quietly and crack nuts

 


Outside early this Saturday morning, the rain was the welcome surprise, quietly falling from the skies, as the forest and conservation fields and gardens drank and drank, and shone with wetted bright colors. 
As more birds hatched in carefully constructed nests, hawks bleat to each other across the outwaters, and the mosquitoes appear to be having the earliest, most award winning year here, despite the dry dry spring. 
To go outside, you must be covered. Raincoat pulled tight around your face, herbal stuff sprayed upon legs and shoes and pants. Usually we have a respite until July, to get the gardening ahead and mulching and so on. And then disappear indoors, unless you drive somewhere and walk from there. 



Yet, outside all is glorious and growing, the Woodcock quietly raising their tiny young nearby in the woods, as precious days come and go, and in between all things, I sit quietly and crack nuts.

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