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Great Horned Owl and chick, Bennington Lake © Diane B. Reed
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We made the mistake of planting tomatoes too early. After a few nights of light frost the plastic shrouded plants looked like they might make it. But the final night of the cold snap dipped below 27 degrees and they gave up. Hopefully I can convince my other half that the conventional wisdom about waiting until Mother's Day might be judicious. In the meantime I'm resigned to being patient as the season unfolds.
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Crows cavorting on a windy spring day © Diane B. Reed
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At the Lions Park pond the Mallards have disappeared into the woods along Garrison Creek and we're waiting for the first flotilla of baby ducks to make their appearance. We hope it's not during tomorrow's fishing derby when the pond will be ringed by hopeful young anglers.
We're a little worried about our summer visitors, the Ospreys. They usually arrive just before they stock the pond for the fishing derby, but we haven't seen them yet. Hope they had a safe migration back to the Valley and will soon be perched in the big Cottonwood tree overlooking the pond. I'll keep you posted. In the meantime, enjoy this poem and hope for spring's full bloom.
Today
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Spring blooms © Diane B. Reed
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If ever there were a spring day so perfect,
so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze
that it made you want to throw
open all the windows in the house
and unlatch the door to the canary's cage,
indeed, rip the little door from its jamb,
a day when the cool brick paths
and the garden bursting with peonies
seemed so etched in sunlight
that you felt like taking
a hammer to the glass paperweight
on the living room end table,
releasing the inhabitants
from their snow-covered cottage
so they could walk out,
holding hands and squinting
into this larger dome of blue and white,
well, today is just that kind of day.
Beautiful photos as usual, Diane! I like the Billy Collins poem, too. I have been reading a collection of "Poems of Mourning" by Evergreen Press. I have to say that many of them are unintelligible to me, the former teacher of poetry. Plus this slim PB copy (for $15) provides no footnotes & inadequate proofreading. And all when I was in a mood to share the emotions of the people in Boston!
ReplyDeleteNot to be had thru Evergreen. I wonder what the problem is.
How are your sisters handling all the emotions generated during the past week? I don't think I've ever felt so tired by events in which I was not personally involved.
I DID hear from an old friend in Amherst who, altho some distance from Boston, felt like reaching out as she remembered our sojourn there. Kind of a "circle the wagons" gesture. I hope you & Bruce also found a few of those!