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the pond has finally thawed out...I'm just waiting on the Wood Frogs to show up, now! My favorite thing in the whole world!
"If we were not beings who pass quickly away like all other things, none of this would matter."
- Susan Murphy
Upside-Down Zen
Sunday with plenty of bright light at the end of winter is bound to be a relatively busy time at this part of West Michigan Land Conservancy (wmlc@naturenearby dotorg). The narrow and rutted access road north from 6-Mile Road leads to a parking area with space for 8 vehicles in a pinch. but on this March afternoon only 3 cars were there.
One of the objects of the Land Conservancy at this location has been to restore the (short-grass) prairies native to this part of the state. Walking the mowed path through the meadow/prairie the dry brown traces of the previous summer are still in sight. The two observation platforms and boardwalk allow visitors to observe the sights and sounds of the sphagnum moss bogland.
Despite the 17 miles separating the land from the city of Grand Rapids, nature-lovers there seem to find there way there to visit in all seasons.
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In the land of elves...
“You are the many-petalled
melting point of repeating decimals …”
— Andrew Joron, from ‘Spine to Spin, Spoke to Speak,’ in Trance Archive: New & Selected Poems (City Lights Books, 2010)