Yikes, the weeks are just speeding by!  We’ve been blessed with early signs of springs including the songs of the spring peepers, the green tips of daffodil leaves emerging from their winter bed in the earth, extra vocalizing from the breeding coyotes and the nesting barred owls, and a general warming and sweet smells from the soil.  Last week (the week before?) I was sitting writing with pen in a paper journal at the little waterfall near the cabin when a sleepy looking oppossum ventured forth from a cozy burrow along the bank of the little gully.  A few days ago I was serenaded by two big beautiful pileated woodpeckers, god they are so beautiful!  I get to see downy and red-breasted woodpeckers who frequent my feeder and they too are lovely to see I must add, in case word should get back to them somehow that I was less appreciative of their merits!   There is at least one rabbit who seems to have taken up residence in or near a brush pile I made for wild critters behind the cabin with a surprisingly bright white fluffy cottontail.

It has been beautiful sunny weather the last 4 days with temperatures up to 60 and I was inspired by the energy of spring building within the earth and have begun establishing a new little trail from the cabin.  I’ve been feeling so full of peace and joy and gratitude and am so filled with love and light.  It has been such a delightful blessing to continue to feel so well so long!  My trailmaking is progressing much more quickly than anticipated, and I have the satisfyingly sore shoulders, wrists, and hands to show for it.  The tools I use are a leaf rake, a small hand pruning saw, and a small hand pruning shears, and for me it is a very zen-like process I find grounding, centering, and connecting.  Dog May and cat Abie have been very attentive and helpful during the trail work, keeping me company and overseeing my efforts.  I need to go rest now but wanted to at least post a few lines here before even more time lapses.