March 31, 2016: Transition

90

A flock

of gangling teens

wearing a rainbow

of tulip running shorts

dashes 

between raindrops

and sunbeams

laughing 

racing 

the end of March

into April

Raindrops and sunbeams

Yesterday's Image

January 22, 2014, day 11
My favorite winter silhouette:
Oak tree's curvaceous frame.

March 30, 2016: Under ground

89

All night
the liquid music
of rain
accompanies 
my sleep
and I dream
of drops
rattling down
eaves pipes
puddling
seeping into the earth
to awaken
earthworms 
roots and leaves
I envision
opening my eyes
to a vista
of emergent green

Yesterday's Image

January 23, 2014, day 12
Sundog:
God's fingerprints
are rainbows.

March 29, 2016: Spring warrior

88

Fierce green
spears 
through the
cast offs
of winter

Yesterday's Image

January 24, 2014, day 13

Wish:

Dreaming of a garden bench

embraced in green and shadows.

March 28, 2016: Can you find the chickadee?

87

Chickadee
dances 
from branch
to branch
piping 
his high-low
song

Yesterday's Image 

January 25, 2014, day 14

Open road:

chasing my shadow

out of town.

March 27, 2016: Easter

86

Easter

blue sky

as clear

and pure

as an eleven 

year old boy’s

laughter

Yesterday's Image

January 26, 2014, day 15
Illusion:
sunrise blush tints
every wall, roof, tree, and twig

with insubstantial warmth.

March 26, 2016: The colorless in between

85

Summer’s 
ghosts 
haunt 
the colorless
in between 
of March
and April

Yesterday's Image

January 27, 2014, day 16

Brutal:

cold cracked the sky's 

fragile blue skin,

spilling blinding light

and rainbows.

March 25, 2016: Sister Images

84

Lady Sun

bestows

her glowing greeting

on Sister Moon

Yesterday's Image

January 28, 2014, day 17

As dawn sweeps in,

the moon smiles

to one last star.

March 24, 2016: Dawn to dusk

83

After
a cold dawn
a hopeful patch
of blue

Yesterday's Image

January 29, 2014, day 18

Pathway of stars

leading me home--

or beyond?

into the mysterious night

March 23, 2016: Waiting for the storm

82

Behind gray bars
of cloud
winter prowls
Minnesota spring

Yesterday's Image

January 30, 2014, day 19

Afternoon shadows

fall on new snow

pale

almost invisible

blue.

March 22, 2016: Broken world

81

Broken dawn.
Does something 
ominous 
lurk
behind these clouds
or is it only
my imagination?

Yesterday's Image

January 31, 2014, day 20

Hope 

pale pink sunset

5:30

the end of January

March 21, 2016

80

Surely

my stubborn

faith 

in afterlife

originates 

in this:

dead nature

awaiting 

spring’s 

rebirth 

Yesterday's Image

February 1, 2014, day 21
Companions
The human eye sees
trees paired
but nature
doesn't fear being alone.

March 20, 2016: Scroll Down

79

Sun greets

blue sky

with a blushing 

kiss

Yesterday's Image

February 2, 2014, day 22
"The powerful play goes on"

One day we will shed

our layers of

down, fleece, and wool
and dance in the sun.

Today we don our
winter armor
and dance anyway.

March 19, 2016: dawn to dusk-winter to spring

78

In the snowy
predawn 
a single bird
lifts an inquiring song
low note
low note
high 
Minnesota spring

Yesterday's Image

February 3, 2014, day 23

Wrapped in clouds

trailing diaphanous veils

of black, gray and white,

lady sun turns westward

toward the night.

March 18, 2016

77

Winter’s gentle

return

as soft

as June rain

or milkweed

fluff 

Yesterday's Image

February 4, 2014, day 24

Setting sun pours out

a gleaming ocean of light.

March 17, 2016: Image Nexus

76

Angry fists
of cloud
hurl 
icy sleet
Minnesota spring

Yesterday's Image

February 5, 2014, day 25

Bitter wind

whirls snow dust.

Lady sun casts

a defiant trial

of gold dust.

March 16, 2016

75

Fragile fringed skirts

of first blossoms

tossed 

in a cold wind

tinged 

with winter

Yesterday's Image

February 6, 2014, day 26

Snug beneath the snow

My tulip dreams

lie sleeping.

March 15, 2016

74

Clouds roll up

like waves

in a gray ocean

breaking against

the blue shore

of the sky

Yesterday's Image

February 7, 2014, day 27
Fragile frost dragon
lurking between the glass
dips its head
in greeting.

March 14, 2016

73

Gray
and still
waiting 
for color
to return

Yesterday's Flowers (May 2015)

Yesterday's Image

February 8, 2014, day 28

Driving east where

a pillar of translucent flame

streams skyward

from a perfect hemisphere

of sunrise

March 13, 2016

72

After dawn’s
symphony 
of rain
a melodious
suite 
of birdsong

Yesterday's Image

February 9, 2014, day 29

Eight miles high

a tiny plane

stitches

across a blue,

blue sky

March 12, 2016

71

Spring’s

surprise

return

or winter’s sly

feint?

Yesterday's Image

February 10, 2014, day 30
In the darkness before,
a golden crescent moon
balances a cup of waning night
on the western horizon.

March 11, 2016: Robbing dawn to "save" daylight

70

Farewell
Dawn:
Four weeks
until she awakens
with me 
again 

Yesterday's Image

February 11, 2014, day 31

Incongruous:

Somewhere in the bleak darkness

of a frigid winter dawn

a robin trills.

March 10, 2016

69

A competitive

chorus 

of call

improvise

and repeat

pipes high

into blue skies

Yesterday's Image

February 12, 2014, day 32

Soft air descends

rosy cloud night

wrapping the earth close

til morning.

March 9, 2016

68

Last year’s 
robin’s nest
has attracted
new tenants
songbirds
eager for spring

Yesterday's Image

February 13, 2014, day 33

Retrospect:

This was the winter

of a hundred rainbows:

daily mirage

daily miracle

March 8, 2016

67

Nature

moves forward

announced by

raucous calls

of encouragement

Yesterday's Image

February 14, 2014, day 34

Lady sun beams

high

in a vaulted sky

faded blue

like my father's eyes.

March 7, 2016

66

Lady Sun
peeps
through a
cloudy
keyhole

Yesterday's Image

February 15, 2014, day 35

Today's sunrise

a variegated ribbon

of orange, red, and pink

stretching for miles

March 6, 2016: Thaw

65

Melting ice

and sunshine

transform

into

diamond points

of light

Yesterday's Image

February 16, 2014, day 36

I stop for a parade

of boys to pass,

bright plastic toboggans

tucked under arms--

wings ready for flight--

cheeks red with cold

and anticipation

Match 5, 2016: First signs

64

Amid

last fall’s leaves

snowdrops

lift

shy faces

Yesterday's Image

February 17, 2014, day 37
Waning moon:
translucent parchment
cut out

by a wavering hand.

March 4, 2016: Spring slumbers

63

Sleeping trees
do you dream
of sunshine
and leaves?

Yesterday's Image

February 18, 2014, day 38

Dormant:

today's images

are buried deep

beneath the heavy 

slump of snow

March 3, 2016

62

Hydrangea
oak leaf
blade of grass
relics
of past
seasons

Yesterday's Image

February 19, 2014, day 39

Upside down ocean

Shoreline of cloud

Sea of light.