It’s another cold, bright day, with tightly furled crocus buds emerging but not yet daring to open. The light still angles deep, as in winter, and it retains a cold, sharp, colorless intensity. But you can almost feel the looming fecundity of the earth underfoot, even in places where the bare mud has refrozen to concrete hardness. Even through the earth’s obdurate solidity, you can almost feel the subtle rumbling of a tangled universe of roots awakening: spring in training.
If you follow me on Twitter, you might recognize today’s photo as being the inspiration for this morning’s Tweet.
Hoarded Ordinaries 
Mar 14, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Perfect! This is my favorite of the early spring series.
Fittingly, last night Big Papi hit a home run and our guys defeated the MFY in a grand ST game. Also, congratulations on one of your very fetching photos appearing at Bostonist yesterday.
I hope the day was as perfect for you as it appears from here.
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Mar 14, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Yes, there’s something about the color & texture of last year’s leaves that I’m loving right now. This “Easter egg” baseball really caught my eye, so I’m glad you liked it!
We watched the Celtics followed by the BC/Duke game last night, so we didn’t see that Red Sox spring training game. So many games, so little time! But we have tickets to see the Sox when they play in Atlanta in June, so we’re looking forward to that. All in good time…
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Mar 14, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Wonderful image!
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Mar 15, 2009 at 7:10 am
The light is definitely brightening — it’s still a bit wintry, as you say, but there’s more warmth to the sun, even on cold days.
(Note to self: Must go check crocuses in Central Park.)
I appreciated your Twitter comments, by the way. I’m always interested in the ways people find to use new technologies!
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