Nurture your Nature

Slap slap slap of water on ice

Bright sun, no clouds blocking the bowl of blue above; ice flows past red osier as dogs run about, sniffing anyone who stops.

I walk on ice pack to avoid the mud.

Caw of crow flying towards Sentinel, frosted at top.

Those who search for Spring will not find it in yellowed grass as rumbles come from traffic on the bridge above. Rapids flow quietly below.

Lap of waves against pier and the slap, slap, slap against ice on shore. Ice caught in an eddy heads upstream against the flow.

A frozen pool of smooth ice, reminding me of childhood, unscratched until I glide across.

2009-02-08. Walk along the Clark Fork river, from Higgins bridge to Madison bridge to Kiwanis Park. Missoula, Montana.

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