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Entries in Spring (3)

Thursday
Apr022009

Old Loves Rekindled

Asparagus awaits purchase at the Marin Farmer's MarketAsparagus, Marin Farmer’s Market | Mark Lindsay

The dailiness of life has this hum to it. Like an old refrigerator on its last leg, it drowns out the nuances of life. Then the fridge finally dies and...quiet. Birds chirp, you can hear the breeze again. Turning off the electricity might be a prescription for sanity.

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Monday
Mar232009

Surprise and Renewal

New Leaves | Mark Lindsay

Every winter I sit and look out my window at the birch trees and marvel at their seasonal transformation. In the winter rain they glisten like jeweled necklaces, the wetness revealing red undertones to the normal drabness of the branches. Nude and dormant, the branches sway like a metronome, ticking off the days until they awaken once again. When the buds start to swell, the redness intensifies, and then, exploding in a day, they burst into lime-green radiance. It is the same every year. Yet, with each vigil, I wonder if this is year that spring might not come.

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Friday
Mar202009

Spring's Front Yard

The hanging and budding leaves of a weeping birchSpring’s First Leaves | Mark Lindsay

Regular readers of this blog know that I have a certain fascination with a tree in the town park. The tree is an easy object of affection. It is an impressive sculptural expression of nature, set on a flat plain and surrounded by green grass. It has cinematic appeal—seems larger than life.

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