Spring Sign

By On March 21, 2011 · 8 Comments · In A Big Something, Empty Reservoir Diaries, Garden of the Gods, Hiking, Open Space, Parks

A few signs of Spring—along with the leftover bones of winter—revealed themselves among the rocks and red cedars in the gullies just north of Garden of the Gods this past weekend as the season made its official debut. Off the tourist path, the smaller treasures that surround Garden of the Gods are often its most spectacular.

 
Reddit Facebook Twitter Delicious Mixx StumbleUpon Digg

8 Responses to Spring Sign

  1. Liz says:
    March 21, 2011 at 8:52 am

    I love the signs of spring that pop up in March, only to have to push their way through again with the snows of April. Nice Noel, thanks!

  2. Mary Ellen says:
    March 21, 2011 at 9:55 am

    Loved this–and the Bluebird!

  3. Mary H says:
    March 21, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    Lovely photos. I liked the juniper roots.
    But not sure how all of these are signs of spring.
    Over in Stetson we have purple crocus coming up!

  4. Betty Jo says:
    March 21, 2011 at 4:34 pm

    Ah, the brave Mourning Cloak butterfly, shown several times in these beautiful photos. This rather large butterfly overwinters in tree bark cavities, rock crevices, etc. and manages to hide from the wrath of winter, birds and other predators.

    • Noel Black says:
      March 21, 2011 at 4:42 pm

      Thanks for the info, Betty Jo. That butterfly followed us for almost the entire hike.

  5. Lenore says:
    March 21, 2011 at 4:57 pm

    I would call these signs of spring a la Georgia O’Keefe.

    BTW the “bluebird” is a scrub jay, a year-round resident that is soon to begin it’s territorial swooping flight and “ack ack ack ack” call.

  6. Nancy says:
    March 21, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    I keep playing this over and over just for the music. I can’t decide if it feels as if it’s spring or as if I’m in an old Leghorn cartoon. Nice, either way.

News

AP
SXSW: Snowden Speech Has Conference Buzzing, Congressman Stewing
March 10, 2014 | NPR · Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden will take questions from South By Southwest conference goers via videoconference Monday. A Kansas congressman wants SXSW to rescind the invitation.
 

WPLN
Kentucky Southern Baptists Draw Crowds With Gun Giveaways
March 10, 2014 | WPLN · The Kentucky Baptist Convention has found a surefire way for getting people through church doors: free guns. The church raffle events combine dinner, sermons and a Second Amendment message.
 

NPR
Big Investors Boosting Home Prices, And Not Everyone’s Pleased
March 10, 2014 | NPR · Private equity firms have been snapping up properties in many areas hit hard by the recession. Some analysts are worried those bulk purchases will leave middle-class buyers out in the cold.
 

Arts & Life

NPR
‘Sherlock,’ ‘House Of Cards’ Top China’s Must-Watch List
March 10, 2014 | NPR · A popular cafe in Shanghai named after Sherlock Holmes’ London address opened last year and features near-shrine-like treatment of the show’s actor, Benedict Cumberbatch.
 

Penguin Group
‘Boy, Snow, Bird’ Takes A Closer Look Into The Fairy Tale Mirror
March 9, 2014 | NPR · Things are not what they seem in Helen Oyeyemi’s new novel, set in 1950s New England. The book places Snow White in a particular historical context, exploring beauty, envy and identity.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

demoshelsinki/Flickr
A Theme Park For Foodies? Italians Say Bologna
March 9, 2014 | NPR · The Eataly food emporium plans to open a $55 million theme park in Italy, devoted to the nation’s culinary pleasures. Some have dubbed it the “Disneyland of food,” but Italians aren’t impressed.
 

Music

Courtesy of the artist
The Education Of Christylez Bacon
March 10, 2014 | NPR · The rapper, singer, beatboxer and multi-instrumentalist is a product of Southeast Washington, D.C., an area hit hard by crime and drugs in the 1980s.
 

Courtesy of the artist
First Listen: Perfect Pussy, ‘Say Yes To Love’
March 9, 2014 | NPR · The noise-punk band’s debut album is both exhausting and deeply compelling — it’s almost intoxicating how easy it is to put all 23 minutes of Say Yes to Love on repeat several times in a row.
Windows Media
 

Courtesy of the artist
First Listen: Kevin Drew, ‘Darlings’
March 9, 2014 | NPR · A member of Toronto’s baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene, Drew can’t help but write music that sprawls in satisfying, sometimes bone-rattling ways.
Windows Media
 

Get the KRCC iPhone App

The Writer's Almanac

Radiolab