Showing posts with label endless winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label endless winter. Show all posts

Monday, March 30, 2015

March 30: Oh the prolonged yearning that spring in Maine provokes

Yesterday we drove to southern Maine for some birding. Something about moving through the landscape never fails to provide inspiration.

Old snow encrusting the fields retains the patterns of a winter's worth of snow-sledding:

Snowmobile trails criss-crossing--
Celtic knots
a spell to unlock spring.

From East Point Sanctuary in Biddeford Pool, in southern Maine, looking west over water, stone, and beach, we could see the White Mountains looming sharp, clear, and snow-covered on the horizon.

White Mountains shimmer--
clinging specter of winter
on the distant horizon.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

March 17: Except, sunset

Tongue-tied by snow and cold
there's nothing more to say.
Sunset was brief.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

February 22: Hopeful

Wren on the suet--
we just might make it
through the winter.

Saturday, February 21, 2015

February 21: Before the next one

Raking the roof--
two days without snow,
pause to clear our heads.