Well, February arrived in style yesterday................we drove in the early morning sunlight 65 miles to Taos by way of the Rio Grande...........and everything looked just incredible! The huge , colorful rocks, the stunted trees, the fast moving river.................and the occasional crows, looking for brekkie, beautiful!
And, today, sun, blue sky, no wind..........all made my early morning walk to feed the goldfish in the horse trough so enjoyable. As I was walking and looking, I thought about the ants and the black beetles who can't wait for spring to come.......much too cold still for all of them, though.
But, hey, it'll happen - and the trees will grow new leaves.
Actually, I can't wait........
Then, I read again the super article in the Op Ed page of the NYT...........January 27th.....
'A SEED IN DARGEST WINTER' by Margaret Renkl................someone who disliked winter..........until "I fell in love with the way the peeling bark of the sycamore reveal a ghost tree reaching for the sky, and the way the faded beach leaves cling to their branches and rustle in the wind like castnets. A shivering beech tree in a damp winter forest gives off its own light in the same way that dogwood blossoms in springtime look like tiny ground-borne suns."
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