simply random snapshots of New Years Day in the woods of Lincoln Park…
communing with trees

composting autumn on the 138th step

awed by so many layers of life in these woods
a posterized view over Puget Sound
simply random snapshots of New Years Day in the woods of Lincoln Park…
communing with trees

composting autumn on the 138th step

awed by so many layers of life in these woods
a posterized view over Puget Sound
If it doesn’t snow at the beach, can you still meet a snowman?
If you find the right ingredients, like low tide, a crab leg for a nose,
seaweed hair, driftwood and sea-grass arm,s and pebble eyes…
And magic mittens that make sand into snow, sort of…

And the final magic?
Sunday sunshine .

She saw this seashell by the seashore on a Saturday at 7 a.m.,
well, maybe a bit later than seven.
She and the shell shared stories and some songs, soaking in sunshine.
As she spoke softly to the shell, it seemed to say it was a shell-moth
sitting among the seaweed til Puget Sound swept it into the sea again.
Surely, she said, the sea will sweep you up soon.
She stood and stepped over stones to the shore,
where she tried to catch a wave for the shell-moth.
She stood still, sang a strong song, and summoned the surf.
So long, seashell…
Sayonara, it said.
Just before she fell, she remembered seeing her feet…
and hearing the crunch of the tiny barnacles…
and the waves lapping below paused a second longer than they should have…
and the sun glinted, changing angles just so…
and she thought she heard the ferry horn rumble…
the sun in her eyes
and she
sneezed
and she
fell.
so
much
for
balance…
Today was the day I thought was the equinox, where at 10am Mtn time, Spring would begin with a day equally balanced. I celebrated with Terry over our first lunchtime picnic of the year, 65 degrees of sun warming bare feet, shoes kicked off, laying back on the Mexican blankets (damp from melted weekend snow). We ate peanut butter & honey on thick white bread from Heidi’s Deli—drenched so it felt like eating honeycomb—and then PB&strawberryJam. It was the 2nd year we’ve been lunching in the old Louisville cemetary, surrounded by ghosts of couples from the 1800’s who danced, lived, ate and died together. Welcome to spring!
No emotikins were present, unfortunately. But if they were, you would have seen a bright sunny day, brown grass trying to be green, blue sky knowing it is turquoise, and a Red Delicious looking better than it tastes. (I think I will start a “Photos Not Taken” page with only word-pictures instead.)
Three years ago, I celebrated spring break with a sister’s vacation—a week in South Beach with Jenéne, a week before I knew I was going to get a new job at Sounds True. Here’s to Not Knowing, to wondering what was next, where I’d choose to be, and trusting that the Universe knew and I didn’t have to…yet. Here’s to the balance of days, light & dark, longer days on the way. (Tonight, Jenéne reminded me that the Spring Equinox was actually Saturday.)
