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.