Emergence

The snowpack has diminished more! By Shedd Brook, I discovered some river plants poking up through the cold soil. Tough plants. The snow is still a foot high, inches away. I can dream now of emerald green.

Over in the wetlands as my boots sank through the snow to water below, I surprised a Mallard duck...the same fellow from last year? he flew in a small then wider circle furiously before disappearing over a hill of trees.