Thursday, March 25, 2010

Very Early Spring

With the exception of the last picture, these were all taken off Egan Drive in Juneau close to the hospital this morning.  I was on the run a bit, but took a few minutes to slow down to photograph a new area and catch my breath on a beautiful sunny day.  By this afternoon I was walking outside without a jacket, and amazed that only two days ago I had been snowed in at my house Out the Road.

Very Early Spring
by Katherine Mansfield

The fields are snowbound no longer;
There are little blue lakes and flags of tenderest green.
The snow has been caught up into the sky--
So many white clouds--and the blue of the sky is cold.
Now the sun walks in the forest,
He touches the bows and stems with his golden fingers;
They shiver, and wake from slumber.
Over the barren branches he shakes his yellow curls.
Yet is the forest full of the sound of tears....
A wind dances over the fields.
Shrill and clear the sound of her waking laughter,
Yet the little blue lakes tremble
And the flags of tenderest green bend and quiver.

I stopped on the way home from work this afternoon, not wanting to be stuck indoors on a day such as this.  This picture was taken at the end of my road, at that wonderful beach area I happened upon this past weekend.  The water was calmer today than it was on Sunday, and I sat on a bench overlooking the water and mountains, and spoke with my Mountain Boy.  Be here soon......I miss you.
                            

1 comment:

  1. Juneau is a place of majestic beauty, and extremes, I can't wait to see.

    Love Ya Doll,
    MB/LC

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