it’s catkin season!

Well, would ya look at that!

unwinding toward spring

emerging from the mud

pretty in pink

little monsters

center stripes

ash wednesday

ghost of winter past

deadhead

bird down

charming charlatan

grabbing a fistful of spring

i’m sorry, have we met before?

cycles

sigh.

bronze shields

in a land of feathery tufts and carpets of gold

lowly weed or delicate wildflower?

unlocked

fox tales

because

bowed but proud

acceptance

pale and shivering