At the Seasons' Edges

I accept each season

in the middle
of summer, fall, winter, or spring.
It is what it is.
But I'm impatient
in between
as the seasons change.
In March
I look for signs of spring,
In May I am waiting
to plant summer squash.
In September
I wait for changing leaves,
Then in November,
the first snowflake.
At the seasons' edges
I anticipate,seeking
what is not yet here.

Ice!

An entry in the Ice Art Contest in Fairbanks, Alaska.  Beautiful!

We Wake to This...

The birds are going to need food.

Remember?

Remember the joy
of the simplest things
a swing, a flower, a sparkly rock?
Or the sun, a dandelion, the clouds
creating dragons in the sky?
Remember the joy
of simple things?

Antiquity

Petrified wood from Alaska...

A Lone Daffodil

it snowed last night
35 degrees...

hey!  it's spring!

A Towel

Examined carefully,
thoughtfully,
what is said here
by this towel?
Love?
Gratitude?
Self-respect?
Care?

Simple things
speak silently
the words
we impress.

A Guest Photo

Taken by my almost 3 year old Granddaughter, Emma.

A Second Witness

It's here.

Witness

witness the blooming
of spring,
tentative,
hoping,
against the frost
that may still come.

We Write in the Sky

We write in the sky,
white lines,
tracing where we've been,
pointing to where we are going.

Something to Think About

Something I learned in Alaska...

Ides of March Frost

Fairbanks, Alaska

Jean and I had a great visit there last week... I'll share some pictures!

In Alaska!

Chena Hot Springs... 14° and we went swimming outside... My hair froze!

Some days...

"Some days are diamond,
some days are stone..."

It Amazes Me

how living things survive and thrive in the harshest environ-
ments.

The Open Door

There is always an open door.
Sometimes we have to look for it.
Sometimes we have to find it in ourselves.
Sometimes we just see it.
Sometimes it is luck.
However it is, there is always an open door.

Where We Live

See the brown Ford truck parked on the right, in the driveway... that's our house!  On Northern View Drive, Cedar City, South Eastern edge of The Great Basin, Utah, USA, North American Continent, Western Hemisphere, Planet Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, in the Local Group of the Virgo Super Cluster, Laniakea, in the observable Universe...

We often forget where we really are.