in dawn's snow blue light
bare branches flocked with last night's
crystal offering
How quickly the weather changes in the Midwest. Day before yesterday, short sleeve shirts, yesterday, raincoat, today, snow. In the dawn's early light, the star magnolia is bundled in soft blue blankets, the trunk of a shagbark hickory is plastered on the north side with a whitewash of fresh snow, and a white dome hydrangea looks like a cupcake on a lace doily. By midday, the sun melts the snow on the south sides of trees and bushes, and the wind sends clumps of snow hurtling down to pit the white ground. At Bonneville Lake, ice free, but frosted around the edges, a girl wearing black and white plaid pants and a furry gray hat with ears smiles as we cross paths.
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