spring’s canvas
is the landscape
growth is her medium
Budding Young Artist
Conversations Across Time
fall’s iris pods
call across the river
to the tree’s spring buds
Bird With Leaf Buds
before the leaves
the buds
before the nest
the plan
Trees Thinking About Leaves
encouraged
by the evergreens
tiny buds plump themselves
Restoration
leaves to unfurl
songs to sing
spring’s beginnings
Telling Time
fence slat
sun dial
spring’s high noon
Maple Blush
the landscape wears
a rosy glow
arousing all of spring
In The Pause
winter’s blanket thrown off
everything simmers
not quite ready to rise
Crossing the Ridge
edging winter out
leaf buds sunning
as snow retreats
En Plien Air
budding leaves
in the merry breeze
red branch paints the air
Spring’s Elixir
plumping leaf buds
glow a growing green
intoxicated by sweet April rain
Rest
leaf buds rest
gathering strength
from sunshine and rising sap