Last Two Days of Winter

 In the last two days of Winter.....

 Cordelia sits on her Moai under blue washed skies.

 Spencer suns himself like a god.

 Mount Washington wakes up from its long nap.

 Crocus bloom

 Tides roll back.

 And Smokey comes running to  say hello...

 hello....

 hello....

 Lion Mane balances precariously on the fence.

 The greenhouse is cleared out.

 And the mourning doves  sit in pots of seeds.

 Spencer  gets sleepy on the bench, like he does every spring.

 And Johnny Jump Ups pop up through the lawn. First flower to grow wild.

 Smokey basks in the cool sun every afternoon. Before heading home.

 Skies grow dark. Thunder looms over the sea.

 And in the greenhouse: Clematis blooms

 Out of the dormant dark green leaves.

 Swooshing up to the  roof.

 And Smokey stops and stares through the window.

 While Spencer meows at another.

 The light shines brighter, the day is longer, the last two days of winter....