may day

ROADBLOCK!

driving home from school there was a singular roadblock

pulled out across both lanes

a team of three with single bottom plow.

by the time i fished out my camera

their young driver had u-turned those large dancing workers

and moved ahead, waiting for me to drive past

he had a huge smile and a wave which i returned, 

and off i went.

the huge energy of these big horses

always has me in awe.

there was this, too:

 hepatica after dyeing

a shock of tomato in the contact print

 the bloodroot down the hill

in a spot new to me

has appeared amidst the stubble of last year.

 tiny stars

 here and gone so quickly. 

 again an evening walk

 and that moon has changed this week

as she always does

 silver weft on cedar warp

 fiddleheads in the evening sun

may day.

i won't be attending the wayzgoose 

at wells college in aurora next saturday

as planned, my 

dear partner has surgery on friday.

so i will be tending to that and to two bird dogs.

but please consider making the trip

supporting wells and the book arts

and finding treasures.