April 22, 2021
Why do I write this blog?
I write because of the surprises I find nearly every day by observing nature closely. I don't listen to an audible book or a podcast when I walk, I find myself consumed by the sights and sounds of what is around me. Today the creaks of the trees in Squam Swamp were as vocal as the birds. The change of seasons is as fascinating as any change process, and one we can inspect every year of our lives! A step forward and a step back....
Today started out at 37 degrees with winds from the west at 25 miles per hour, with gusts up in the forties. But it is spring and the daffodils are at full bloom. I found the earliest wildflowers, wood anemones, in Squam Swamp this morning. Yesterday I listened to and saw a pine warbler in the piney woods at the bottom on the Sconset bluff.
I suppose it is my version of meditation.
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| Northern Gannet off the Bluff |
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Swamp Maple and Lichen
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Early Wood Anemones
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| Squam Swamp's Vernal Pools |
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| Daffodils on the Bluff |
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First fern fiddleheads
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Pine Warbler
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| Laughing Gull |
