March 30th, 2009:
-10:20am-saw the Pileated woodpecker in the alders to the right at Edison St entry!
March 31st, 2009:
-Saw 5 deer! Near the San Francisco entrance in the field. They saw me and my dog and jumped the fence one by one.
April 2nd, 2009:
-The Hawthorn trees (with the red berries) are budding. Saw a coyote dropping with lots of fur in it. Elderberry bushes have new sprouts.
April 3rd, 2009:
-Temple entrance: Overcast to the South and East. High Clouds and blue sky to the Northwest; chilly. Rooster, frogs, and birds: Cheep, cheep, cheep. Be still and know that I am geese in the East. 4 Fly in formation, overhead circle.
April 4th, 2009:
-Clear and Sunny ~45 °F and rising. Stellar's Jays and Junco out along with a cocaphany of songs. Stellar's Jay with mouth full of nesting material at SF entrance. The Grass is greening. Willow and Avi pointed out the hidden trilliums and a sharp-shinned hawks nest on the Etheridge loop! Hidden treasures to watch grow. The swallows (violet-green) are back! flying over the Lybarger entrance and meadows. Spring is really here. Red-breasted sapsucker tapping away in the distance. Pacific chorus frog egg masses in the retention pond near Lybarger entrance. -FTW
April 5th, 2009:
-HAIKUS
"Top of Clay Hill"
wood chop echo sound
fat bee buzzing on catkins
bright blue light clear sky
"Clearing"
Creep under thorn arch
Divergent paths meet and branch
Snake swish through bramble
"Sky Meadow"
Ecstatic lichen
Tiny chicks, ground harmony
Lone pine and half moon
"Tree Park"
sharp straight lines point up
like sky reeds, ephemeral
red berries kiss brown
"Sky Lines"
Thrush hum over left
Tiny mouse looks up black eyes
Three white stripes cross sky
"Up Ahead"
hollowed out cedar
evening sun brings sky estate
flies tiny white moth
-♥LB
- Finally, we believe that the Blue Band of Spring has Broken;
Two days of relief, and our appetite only grows.
But we are joined in our merriment:
The flying crow, peepers from the marsh,
Even the old rooster remembers the refrain.
Together, our voices raise and lift this promise of change.
- The first truly spring days. Saturday and Sunday. Trillium and Skunk Cabbage in bloom.
-Spring has sprung,the grass is green
The birds are on the wing
But that's "absurd" was the Robin's word
The wing in on the Bird!
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3 comments:
I love this journal! I look forward to reading it each week.
I'm looking at the flora list...The huckleberry species we have in the park is Vaccinium parviofolium, the red huckleberry. It is the tall, presently bare, lacy-looking, green-stemmed plant that is just about to bloom. The buds look like tiny pink light bulbs all over its twig tips and will turn into luminous, clear, tart, bright-red berries.
If you need help adding in the plant names, let me know, I'd be happy to spend some time doing it.
Willow
Spring is exploding and the sun is fooling us into thinking that summer is around the corner! I loved all of the poetry this week! This weather is very inspirational!
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