The View Out Back

Bluets in the back field.

My apple trees have finally blossomed. They are just beautiful…like spring.

Happy Earth Day from my little patch of earth to yours…

In honor of National Poetry Month, a little poem from my back yard…

A Different Season
by The View Out Back (aka mcafowler)

Like a new lover you came to me
Shining and beautiful.
At first I was dazzled and awed
and there were days when I welcomed you,
the enforced quiet you brought.
Sadly, you didn’t know when to stop. 
Your beauty became thin to my eyes
I ached from coldness, glimpsed dullness beneath your white armor.
It overwhelmed me and I wished you gone
before your frigid lies were the last words I knew.

Like an ex-lover you leave behind reminders—
reluctant piles of dirty snow in shade,
unwelcome gusts of biting wind across my skin,
a flurry or two in my hair
making you so difficult to forget.
But the sun is out today
longer than it was yesterday
melting what is left of your influence.
I stand tall,
naked,
strong,
waiting. 
A tingle along my limbs assuring me
I’m alive.

First day of spring after the last snow of winter (hopefully).

Yesterday’s sunrise was way better than today’s. See?

The path of least resistance…

Heavy, wet snow.

Here’s Nemo at the start & at the end…which was about 2+ feet later. The first photo was taken at early morning on Friday, and the second late afternoon Saturday.

More snowy trees.

Snowy trees part 1.

A sky full of fringe.

Happy New Year from me & my back yard.

Here comes the sun…

Reverse of the regular view out back.