SOL21 Slice 10: Spring!

 

I am participating in the

 Slice of Life Story Challenge (SOL21).  

All participants are sharing stories about moments in their lives, writing 

 every day for the month of March 2021.

Thank you, Two Writing Teachers, for nurturing teacher-writers!

A photo essay today, because Spring has sprung here in Maryland. 

We have bright sunshine and 

temperatures topping out at 70 degrees - 

ah, it is gorgeous! 

Tiny little pops of color everywhere - 

there is this amazing mix of 

winter's brown and grey with 

sudden dabs of purple and yellow, 

specks of bright white, 

spots of blue and shiny green.

New growth. New possibility.

I am witnessing the very transition

of the changing seasons.

 

An absolutely perfect day for walking 

in our neighborhood park 

with my two-year-old granddaughter, "Frog." 

We chanted/sang this silly little ditty as 

we looked for flowers - 

We must keep focus

to find the crocus

which is the locus

of Spring!

  

Tentatively stepping into spring . . .

it's early, so early,

you can't quite trust what you see.

It's possible winter will return,

with its slush and cold.

For now, 

breathe it in.

"Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now." 

- Audre Lorde