LAST DAY of FEB....

"Come when the rains have glazed the snow and clothed the trees with ice,
While the slant sun of February pours Into the bowers a flood of light. Approach! The incrusted surface shall upbear thy steps and the broad arching portals of the grove Welcome thy entering." -William C. Bryant

             RAIN...

                                                            SNOW.....

                     MIST....

                                    

“In February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret.”
– Patience Strong

"Let us love the end of winter, for it is the spring of genius.." 

                                                                    -Pietro Aretino

"February... Bending from Heaven, in azure mirth, It kissed the forehead of the Earth....smiled upon the silent sea.... bade the frozen streams be free.... breathed upon the frozen mountains...." - Percy Bysshe Shelley

LATE FEBRUARY DAYS.............

                                                        

"February dripping wet.....the storm clouds fly..." -Christina Rossetti

“While it is February one can taste the full joys of anticipation. Spring stands at the gate with her finger on the latch.”
– Patience Strong

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” - Sam Levenson

"The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks....."

                                         - Tennessee Williams

     “Why does February feel like one big Tuesday?” - Todd Stocker

SKY....

“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.”– Rumi

Photographs 2025

Winter  Vibernum....first to flower in late winter before March  actually arrives....
 

HARBINGERS

"Late February days, and now at last,might you have thought that winter's woe is past.So fair the sky was and so soft the air..." -William Morris

 Rona and Simon

"Welcome wild harbinger of spring." -Bernard Barton

 Robin!

"My heart is a world of water and crystal" -Du Fu

 varied Thrush

"The cool wind blew in my face..." -Burl Ives

 jay

"On the wind in February,snowflakes float still. Half inclined to turn to rain, nipping, dripping chill. " -Christina Rossetti

"At least we notice the days are getting longer..." -V. Sackville-West

"Late February, the air's so balmy. Then the inevitable blizzard will calm, blighting our harbingers of spring...." -Gail Mazur

"In February there is  everything to hope for..." -Patience Strong

 thrush

"Little bird, do not fail to be the harbinger ..." -William Wordsworth

 Varied Thrush

"The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses , but the sound of the bat on the ball..." - Bill Veeck

 Spencer

Photographs 2021