Sun Setting On Our Field, by Rainer
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How
Did the rose
Ever open its heart

And give this world
All its
Beauty?

It felt the encouragement of light
Against its
Being,

Otherwise,
We all remain

Too

Frightened

-Hafiz

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Spring Won't Quit!




This seems like a blooming plum tree, but we didn't plant it and don't really know. . .perfectly located outside the front door for more privacy. Thanks, birds!



Tulips growing!

This is so great! In the new rain barrel, a frog's egg sac. We won't need to go up the road and steal tadpoles from a seasonal pond we know of. This is the clearest picture, though too bad about the glare.


One surprise daffodil in a side yard.


Hugs for the currant blossoms. I feel that way, too, Frida!

Also, many birds we've never seen before are showing up. And some kind of hawk now perches regularly on top of a telephone pole across the street. We're trying for pictures but it isn't easy to catch them.