DAY 124

The Miracle of Spring


We glibly talk
Of nature’s laws
But do things have
A natural cause?
Black earth turned into
Yellow crocus
Is undiluted
Hocus-pocus.

Sunny Lockwood

DAY 123

Alright, alright already!

DAY 122

Melting is boring.
Here are more blizzard pix!

DAY 121

DAY 120

Tiny snowman*
(watch added for scale).

An army of these
would be very creepy.


* This was actually
seen in Franklin Park,
not on the trail.

DAY 119

I love orange, so yeah . . . I was very excited to see this new sculpture of an iron at Coleen Hoose school!

DAY 118

March
Mudness.

Okay, it doesn't look as muddy in the photo as it did in real life. I just wanted to make the stupid pun.

DAY 117

The trail is a MUP, or "Mixed Use Path." I love how it so often lives up to that designation.

DAY 116

The sun said Spring, the temps argued for Winter.

DAY 115

Yes, that's snow.
More snow today.
Not once.
Several times.
Mini blizzards, really.

DAY 114

I guess that stupid saying about Illinois weather is true.

Yes, those are slushy snowflakes on my jacket sleeve.

DAY 113

Spring thaw!

DAY 112

The last short day of winter. Spring is in the wind and the light.

DAY 111

I don't know how plants manage this, but I'm sure glad they do.

DAY 110

I'm back.
A torqued lumbar disc had me off the bike for five days. The longest hiatus in five months.

So here is a sweetgum seed pod. I loved these as a kid. They are like the medieval maces. Or I suppose it would be more accurate to say that maces resemble sweetgum seeds.

Anyway, they're cool. And yet another harbinger of Spring!