Melting
Snow begins to melt in the wetlands –-
Great lungs of the lake
A paint-by-numbers puzzle painting
Of color and sensation
Snow, white against milky butterscotch water
Edged in icy silver
Charcoal and chocolate textured tree trunks
Some crawling with mossy green lichen
And among all this –-
Flickering and flitting low to the ground
A flock of them –- no a veritable hoard
Red bellies, white fannies flashing about
Robins
Those harbingers of spring
JEHW
Late February 2015
gratefullyyourstoday 
Why can’t it snow I Africa??? Why??!!
If only you knew how tired we are of snow here on the East Coast of USA! Want to trade places?
Yes! I’m on my way to the airport!! 😉
Hey I hope you don’t mind but I’d like to invite you to my blog at http://www.insanitybeautiful.wordpress.com
🙂
Beautiful idea! And beautiful blog — I am now following you. Thanks for finding me, Gratefully yours, JEHW