February 12: Amaryllis

Cabin fever.

Fading amaryllis

leans on the lamp for strength.

February 9: Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics—

amaryllis glows

in the light of the t.v.

December 29: Amaryllis

Amaryllis bud
swelling, straining sunward--
so this is love.

January 27: Amaryllis

At Janet's house yesterday, heated by the wood stove and sun coming in the big, south-west facing windows, she shows me photographs of Hawaii.

Sunny winter window:
three amaryllis bloom
against a backdrop of snow.

January 30: Budding

So strangely warm today that the crusty snow was sublimating into puffs of mist that drifted across the road like ghostly tumbleweeds. A dense fog settled over the dripping trees. Not a great day to be outside. But inside, our amaryllis slowly opens into slightly erotic hot-red buds, twin points of brightness.

Foggy evening.
Bright amaryllis buds
stretch toward the window.