365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Spring Thing
Day 147: Once again, the first crocus has taken me be surprise. While I was monitoring the foliage at the west end of the front flower bed, this little feller popped up on the east end, hidden behind the bare twigs of a hardy fucshia. I know it's there, and I know it's always the first one to show colour every year, but because it's an "outlier," I never seem to watch that spot. Today, its petals were backlit by morning sun, burning like a purple candle flame in the shadow. Such cheery things crocuses are! And if gas prices keep me from hunting the first Skunk Cabbage of the season, a crocus will suffice to say that spring has officially arrived in my yard.
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