Woodlands are waking up

“I’m going to try to pay attention to the spring. I am going to look around at all the flowers and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen.”

— Anne Lamott

I made this photo yesterday with my iPhone on a walk in the woods at Big Willow Park. Signs of spring are all around us. Can you hear them, see them, smell them?

Signs of Spring…

• the sound of geese honking overhead
• ice out on the lakes and ponds
• wood ducks are back on the pond behind our house
• willow catkins are blooming
• going for a walk without heavy coat, hat, and gloves
• rain the forecast instead of snow
• 3 Canadian geese in the pond this morning
• 2 mallards wandering around the back yard this morning
• grass is beginning to green
• tiny green woodland plants are emerging
• insects in the air on our walk yesterday
• people outdoors running, walking, biking, playing
• the sound of kids playing outdoors in the neighborhood

May you walk in beauty.