It's heeere, and Springing out all over!

In this week of Vernal Equinox, 2019, while coming back from delivering our "tax organizer," we saw a bald eagle perched on a tree overlooking the Sunrise River. It may, or may not, be the same eagle we've seen airborne from time to time during the past few weeks. Having eagles living in the neighborhood is definitely a plus. In fact, that was the second eagle we saw today. The other one was nesting in a tree North of Highway 610 as we headed toward Anoka.

March: bald eagle perched in bare tree

Photo by J. Harrington

The edges of the Sunrise are beginning to show softening of the ice cover downstream of the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area pools. No signs of open water or waterfowl yet. Seeing arrivals of one or the other or both this week would not be a surprise. Getting out and watching one or the other, or both, will be a pleasure.

Sunrise River: ice cover softening

Photo by J. Harrington

One can, if one slows down and looks carefully, see leaf buds swelling on many roadside trees. The red maples in front of the house have actually burst their buds within the last day or so. We're not sure how some of the wilder creatures feel, nor if the water itself tires of being pent up, but we're more than ready to start celebrating the freedom of Spring.

Last Spring

By Gottfried BennTranslated by Michael Hofmann

Fill yourself up with the forsythias

and when the lilacs flower, stir them in too

with your blood and happiness and wretchedness,

the dark ground that seems to come with you.

Sluggish days. All obstacles overcome.

And if you say: ending or beginning, who knows,

then maybe—just maybe—the hours will carry you

into June, when the roses blow.

Notes:
Read the translator's notes on this poem. 

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