Seeing Anew

ice coats spruce branches magnifying tiny buds life hidden within -jmb

golden woodland stream gurgling  over submerged rocks happy stone music --jmb  

  cold spring melt water reflections, sparkles, shadows move unimpeded --jmb

tree with many holes fine dining for woodpeckers but fatal for bugs -jmb  

spring winds whipping pines, agitated branches flail  up, down, round and round --jmb

scudding clouds in spring the sun playing hide and seek while the wind roars --jmb

  the sun emerges shadows appear, green moss glows sun hides, all things fade --jmb

  bright sun peeps, in, out our shadows come and go we are, we are not -jmb

grape vine strangled oak leaning over the ravine deep roots cling to life -jmb  

up and out early soft pine needles under foot crows laughing, springtime --jmb

  insect apartments warmed by the sun woodpeckers come to feast -jmb

deer trail through the woods narrow track from hill to stream far away crows caw -jmb

snow begins to fall a quiet start to the day new moon beginnings --jmb

raucus winter jays left and right, squawking, shouting like loud teenage boys  -jmb

  blades of winter grass so dessicated they float on unfelt breezes --jmb

first spring crocuses paint sharp shadows on a rock and bask in the sun --jmb

winter fungi cling drawing out the last of life from the yellow birch -jmb

ancient lichened snake slithering up the bare oak oh...just a grapevine --jmb

two male cardinals hunkered down against the wind too cold to squabble --jmb

house finches feeding glad to find sunflower seed on an icy day --jmb