someone should tell the bugs

our 10K mosey
Michigan Nordic combined
skiing and shooting
(photographs)

a bit of blue glows
foot bridge across the river
just beyond the trees

I hate to say it

someone should tell the bugs
it is still winter

patterns in the ice
a message around the trees
snow and ice dancing

a promise of spring!
seed pods arching gracefully
hang in the balance

fall-en hungers

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have you noticed
we're all writing about food
do we fear winter

you say that things change
either weathered or preserved
returning to earth

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