Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa' in March

Red pointed covers open and from beneith a delicate sheath male willow catkins emerge, expand and shed their pollen to the wind.

Birch Bark with Lenticel Eyes (please comment)

In Spring

a snake

awakes

and sheds its thin paper skin,

paper thin

between

its world

and you.

Within are

pictures

images

mirages

waves.

Alexandria

unscrolls its runes.

A Charm of Goldfinch on Barra

Charming, pretty birds but they name call and get quite aggressive.