This Week at Iten's Acres: Third Day of Spring Break March 30, 2015

Day three of Spring Break, Warmer. Windy still. Work done--a little. It is still, for the most part--a dormant world. At least among the trees and shrubs. Hyacinth and daffodil and tulip are showing their quest for the beautiful. Every day new crocus bow to the windy world unafraid. Snow crocus they call themselves just so you know their fearlessness. Though the leaves are mostly brown and dead, the Lenten rose are budding--in a rush to beat April's appearance perhaps.

Cleared out some beds. More to do tomorrow and Wednesday. Amazing what you can find once you cleared away last years "stuff." You can't hide the beautiful forever. 

Most of the afternoon was spent sitting around The Acres taking in the silent loveliness. The green chair on the hillside. The corners of the pot bunkers--if round things made of square stones can have corners. The chair on the front patio. Perhaps this poem by Wendell Berry sums up my day:

Best of any song
is bird song
in the quiet, but first
you must have the quiet.