Crocuses made their debut at the tail end of winter. Snow fell on them in the early days of spring. Strict seasonal boundaries are hard to find, and that makes transitions from one season to the next entertaining or, at times, even bewildering.
Blades of grass poke through the surface of water that pooled on the ground after a rain. Mallards wade in it. A closer look reveals wood ducks to be there as well. An even closer look reveals snipes standing still in the water’s outskirts where the ground is muddy.
In the northern hemisphere, spring has sprung. Avian migration has commenced. The buzz of insect wings grows louder. Spring peepers sing. Patient flowers that have waited out the snow are finally creeping up from the ground in their own time and beginning the rounds of blooming splendor.
