On a crisp winter day, with snow fresh on earth and limb; with all sound muffled by the fresh blanket; with a clear blue sky and the sun blazing down, it is a callous bod that doesn’t feel the pure joy in the air. Then again, the callous bod is likely not out and about to witness this beautiful sight. It is the young and young at heart as much as they are able, that seek out these priceless moments. This is urban forest bathing at its best, winter style.
Acrylic on 22×28 gallery canvas – $680
Spring can’t be hurried along. Nature demands patience especially when she’s being capricious and it has seemed particularly so this year. The veil of snow has been drawn back a couple of times only to be covered up again with snow and freezing rain days later.
Despite that, encouraging signs are everywhere. Our tree has been full of robins plucking at the frozen sour cherries. A crow has been tearing at twigs on the neighbour’s tree, obviously in nest building mode. The chickadees have switched to their summer call. The cardinals, sparrows, squirrels and rabbits have been with us all thru the winter, but now the chipmunk has shown his head from his burrow. Best of all was the first sighting the other day of the beautiful “v” of the returning Canada geese. Who new spring is really spelled with a “v”.
Very soon now the Tulips and Daffodils will be in full force in our gardens. And let’s not forget the many other wild flowers like our white and red trillium, yellow trout lillies and blue scilla pushing up through last year’s dry leaves.
Meanwhile, its tulips in a vase on the kitchen table. Maybe we’ll get some hyacinths for next week.
Acrylic, 20×20 on gallery wrap canvas – $450
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