A Walk in the Woods After a Spring Rain

By fromskilledhands ( May 2, 2009 at 3:24 pm) · Filed under here and now, Musings, Peninsula, Spring, ,

Fiddleheads in PeninsulaWe went for a walk in the woods last night.  It had been raining on and off all day, and the air smelled like spring rain and fertile soil.  There was the quiet coolness that follows a rain, with the only sounds the birds and the dogs playing in the woods.

We ran into my father-in-law and his dog. They slowly made their way through the woods, stopping to look at this and that, and to clear sticks from the trails.  The May apples were up, groups of them like families at a reunion. Jacks in the pulpit were all along the  trails. Fiddleheads emerged from winter’s sleep.

It’s a good thing to take time to look at things; you see things you’ve not seen before, and things you have seen in a different way. Take a deep breath and take a walk.  Let your senses explore the explosion of beauty that surrounds you. Let me know what it’s like.

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5 comments »

  1. Lana said,

    May 2, 2009 @ 11:59 pm

    Very lovely. I enjoy this time of year, the return of life, warmth & color. Of course, here in the subtropics, Spring starts in February…but still!

  2. AnnieH said,

    May 3, 2009 @ 9:20 am

    Sounds perfect. Fiddleheads are edible aren’t they?? I thought I remembered reading something about them last year. Who knows?? It’s lost in that great vat of tofu in my skull. Hope today is as enjoyable for you all.

  3. rudeek said,

    May 3, 2009 @ 10:28 am

    Nice descriptions and picture Debra. I hope all goes well at the vet tomorrow. You’ll be in my thoughts.

  4. OldOldLady Of The Hills said,

    May 3, 2009 @ 1:19 pm

    How wonderful to see all the waking up of the Beauty of Spring, after such a long hard winter…! Looking at the wonders of Nature always fills me with such hope. I felt like I was there with you!

  5. Eryl said,

    May 4, 2009 @ 5:32 am

    I just love that smell of spring rain. This is such an exciting time of year, every time I go into the garden there is something new to marvel at. Yesterday it was a tiny, scrawny alpine that had acquired a mass of deep red flowers of the kind a child might draw.

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