Last of the Snow Clouds and First of the Flowers

image of hawk flying through april sunsetTuesday night I walked home in a hurry. I could tell the sunset was going to be stunning. I leaped into the car and shot to the nearest open space. The sky turned to flames but the wind blew cold. A huge bird of prey, maybe a turkey vulture, flew across the sunset.

A few flakes of snow scattered through the air around my head.

Between winter and spring. Between cold wind and warming ground. Between land and sky. Between everything.

image of dramatic sunset
And this morning I woke up to see the first crocus open in my garden. Oppenheimer, one of my cats, was as happy to see it as I was.

image of blooming crocus with cat

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