“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
― Mary Oliver

Cindy 5/15/19 Cindy 5/15/19

I Meant to do my Work Today

“I meant to do my work today—
But a brown bird sang in the apple tree,
And a butterfly flitted across the field,
And all the leaves were calling me. ..”

Cindy 5/1/19 Cindy 5/1/19

Birdsong

"I am thankful that in a troubled world, no calamity can prevent the return of spring."
-Helen Keller

Cindy 4/16/19 Cindy 4/16/19

Pussy Willows

“Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?”
-Neltje Blanchan

Cindy 3/25/19 Cindy 3/25/19

Mourning Cloak

“Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.”
Ellis Peters

Cindy 3/24/19 Cindy 3/24/19

Skunk Cabbage

“If you are afflicted with melancholy at this season, go to the swamp and see the brave spears of skunk-cabbage buds already advanced toward a new year...