Always the nature freaks, we’ll go out and wander through the woods no matter the weather. But it’s a whole lot more fun when the weather is nice and this month Mother Nature was definitely in a good mood. – March, 2014
FIRST BLOOM – MARCH 2ND
Amy joined us for a couple of days so the three of us hiked off through the woods on the lurk for signs of Spring. We found what we were looking for in this sweet little crocus bloom.
COMING AND GOING
We never thought to take a picture of Bob but he snapped photos of Amy and Camille on the way to Abeyance and on the way home, about to cross the little bridge on the other side of the rice fields.
HAPPY GUARDIANS
Jason and Haruka’s playful nature shows through in their fanciful scarecrow creations.
THINKING AHEAD
Truly, one must be an optimist to spend the time and energy needed to impregnate logs with mushroom spores. And only a pessimist plans for dry weather by digging an irrigation pond. Amazingly, both perspectives share space in the same head, the farmer’s heads of Jason and Haruka.
THE EXORCISTS
Rachel organized a Spring Equinox bonfire designed to celebrate the end of winter or at least speed its departure. Camille wrote about it here.
MESMERIZED
There’s nothing like a good fire to connect with our inner cave being. It was beautiful to watch the sparks rise up and turn into stars, feeling the heat of the flames and the warmth of our friendships.
JAPAN TRAIL
This sublime fish sculpture marks the trail that goes to Tami and Lyle’s new home by their pond.
MARCH 26 HIKE
A few weeks later, Amy returned and back off into the woods we went. We met one of Carl’s cousins who lives just down the trail from him, a shapely beech named Chloe.
DAFFODILS
The crocuses were gone by now, replaced by daffodils and others.
SWEET LITTLE BLOOMS
Amy has an eye for flowers, spotting even the smallest blooms amid the leaf litter. She wasn’t here for the short lived Trout Lily season but we managed to find a couple of them, heads bowed in farewell.
LIFE AND DEATH
We also spotted this fresh-looking deer carcass, sans antlers, skin and meat. We couldn’t decide if it was a human hunter or an animal that left it this way or how long the bones might have lain here. Let us know what you think.