ice coats spruce branches

magnifying tiny buds

life hidden within

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golden woodland stream

gurgling over submerged rocks

happy stone music

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cold spring melt water

reflections, sparkles, shadows

move unimpeded

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tree with many holes

fine dining for woodpeckers

but fatal for bugs

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spring winds whipping pines,

agitated branches flail 

up, down, round and round

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scudding clouds in spring

the sun playing hide and seek

while the wind roars

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the sun emerges

shadows appear, green moss glows

sun hides, all things fade

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bright sun peeps, in, out

our shadows come and go

we are, we are not

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grape vine strangled oak

leaning over the ravine

deep roots cling to life

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up and out early

soft pine needles under foot

crows laughing, springtime

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insect apartments

warmed by the sun

woodpeckers come to feast

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

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snow begins to fall

a quiet start to the day

new moon beginnings

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raucus winter jays

left and right, squawking, shouting

like loud teenage boys 

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blades of winter grass

so dessicated they float

on unfelt breezes

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first spring crocuses

paint sharp shadows on a rock

and bask in the sun

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winter fungi cling

drawing out the last of life

from the yellow birch

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ancient lichened snake

slithering up the bare oak

oh...just a grapevine

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two male cardinals

hunkered down against the wind

too cold to squabble

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house finches feeding

glad to find sunflower seed

on an icy day

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