Closing This Durable Winter (Spring Never Loses)

As we enter the last week of Winter 2013, this winter that started mild then demonstrated a heavy wetness and stubborn staying power, I visited Lincoln Marsh to see what the mood was within the trees and birds and scratchy soil. Here’s what I’ve got:

There’s an immense in-between-ness to the fields there. Damp ground, cold water, soft ice. A chemist’s meld of states:

Reeds Marsh Panorama in Lincoln Marsh

Even the ice can’t make up its mind:

The Icy Chemistry of Lincoln Marsh

The Icy Chemistry of Lincoln Marsh

The St. Patrick’s Day green is cold and mossy:

The Green Moss of Lincoln Marsh

The reeds that can be so spongy and fluid in mid-summer are brittle and color-deprived:

Macro Dead Stuff in Lincoln Marsh

There’s no visible sign of Spring’s soon victory:

Tree, Lincoln Marsh

Though we know, from our own memories and rhythms, that Spring never loses.

Lincoln Marsh, Early Spring 2012

Soon, and surely, it comes.

Here’s the entire set (Lincoln Marsh, Late Winter, 2013)


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