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An Early March Walk

Sunset was 45 minutes away when my walk started. I thought I'd be walking alone, but as soon as I stepped off the porch, there came the song of at least a thousand "peepers" calling from our very moist field--I wondered if anyone had ever recorded this special sound of spring. Along the soggy field side path, lambs tongues were showing tiny cream buds inside their newly unfurled leaves; the trilliums were up just enough to identify, and there were lots of camas leaves about six inches high, many of them already browsed by deer. The trill of "peepers" faded as I moved into the deeper woods, but I wasn't alone thanks to the cheery shouts of the robins, saluting the moments of sundown. As the light faded and the robins' salute diminished, I found a seat on a familiar stump where I could rest and savor the evening. Into the silence came a high, sweet, long and lovely wren duet, pouring from the heart of nature, a nature the wren so kindly shares with me.

Marge Zane

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