looking upstream
Photo by J. Harrington
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After satisfying our need to see and hear moving water, we headed for Coffee Talk in Taylors Falls, where we treated the Better Half to a cappuccino, enjoyed sitting in the sunshine of the bay windows, and then were off to Wild River State Park where we bought this year's Minnesota State Parks vehicle sticker for the Jeep. Other than the open water and the sunshine, we didn't come across any noticeable signs of impending Spring, although we did notice a couple of wild turkeys trudging through a snow-covered field and, several miles further on, a rooster pheasant pecking gravel at roadside. With more snow in the local forecast tomorrow and this coming weekend, it's shaping up as a tough Spring for local wildlife. There's growing numbers of deer trails/tracks in the snow behind the house. It looks like they're visiting the brush pile seeking possible browse. Life can be tough when you're in the midst of a February that may set a local record for all-time snowiest.
looking downstream
Photo by J. Harrington
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The River
By Jim Harrison
Yes, we'll gather by the river,the beautiful, the beautiful river.They say it runs by the throne of God.This is where God invented fish.Wherever, but then God's throne is as wideas the universe. If you're attentive you'llsee the throne's borders in the stars. We're on this sideand when you get to the other side we don't knowwhat will happen if anything. If nothing happenswe won't know it, I said once. Is that cynical?No, nothing is nothing, not upsetting justnothing. Then again maybe we'll be castat the speed of light through the universeto God's throne. His hair is bounteous.All the 5,000 birds on earth were created there.The firstborn cranes, herons, hawks, at the backso as not to frighten the little ones.Even now they remember this divine habitat.Shall we gather at the river, this beautiful river?We'll sing with the warblers perched on his eyelashes.
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