Sunday Stroll - Slow Melt

A few days ago, Micah was the happiest boy on the planet.

Maxine was not so sure.

For a while,  I hovered indoors,

tending seedlings in the lightbox,

and wondering when we would ever be able

to plant them out in the garden.

As the first semester of my grad classes winds down,

I contemplated a little personal reading.

Things are slowly thawing.  Each day the drifts dwindle.

Skies are blue

and birds are flying more easily

on graceful currents of air.

I wander the yard,

thinking of all the spring cleaning 

both indoors and out .

It feels good to be outdoors without a coat,

with the sun on my face,

and the breeze tugging my long gray ponytail.

There is one fellow in the family

who is not so thrilled

that winter is slowly melting away.

Wherever you are, whatever the weather, I wish you joy.

Please skip on over to Steve's blog Out on the Prairie for a little prairie love!