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| Virginia Bluebells |
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| Snowdrops |
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| Lesser Celandine |
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| Potomac River |
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| Sycamore |
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| Spring Peepers |
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| Frog Eggs in Vernal Pool |
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| Spring Beauties |
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| Pair of foxes |
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| Gnarley old mountain laurel |
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| Creek treasures |
Early Spring 2021. It feels like I'm emerging out of a long quarantined slumber. In person school restarted last week and I have been fortunate to receive both vaccine doses. It seems like my quarantined pandemic journey is coming to an end. Our school is operating at about 50% in person capacity. Traffic is still light on local roads and highways for the most part. My car is up and running again...barely. The check engine light is on, the car moans, squeaks, and sounds like grinding metal when I make sharp turns. I've got 285,000 miles on it, hoping to get a few more months out of it if possible. The days are getting longer and we are getting some glorious crisp, sunny days. The forest is just beginning to come back to life. I've started revisiting some old trails that I haven't seen in a year after work. I still have a lot of mental work to do as I try to adjust to a less socially distant world. I still feel uneasy seeing and having passing maskless people on trails as the numbers are increasing with the better weather.. I still carry mine and put it on passing people. It will take time to readjust.
This is my favorite time of year, as each day becomes more interesting in the forest as the plants and creatures emerge. It feels good to see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, I remain cautiously optimistic...
