Feb 4-8
The beginning of spring - east wind melts ice.
Clear light shines through mist


Hailstones sting cheeks, rain batters windows, frost on windscreen
First snowdrops open
Kingfisher files upriver, fast and straight
First black-headed gulls have their summer hood.
Driving to work in daylight
Song thrush and goldfinch sit adjacent on a telegraph wire.




(Based on 'Light Rains Sometimes Fall' by Lev Parikian. Used with permission - thank you)