The Eve of April

March hurried by in its own way. Today I made a second round of bread, this time sourdough which turned out pretty well for a first go in a long time!

Two round loaves of bread. they each have circular marks from the basket they sat in during final rise and they have a square slash cut in the top. They sit on a wire rack.

One round loaf of bread sitting on a wooden cutting board.  The loaf has had a first slice cut from it which reveals an interior with lots of air pockets throughout.  The cut off heel of bread sits to the right, ready to eat.

Tonight after some soup and a slice of that bread, I went for a walk around the yard. It was much warmer and less windy than it had be when I’d gone out to try and paint a few minutes.

watercolor painting: long skinny dark red low barn projects in from right edge , foreground is yellow and green of early spring lawn. Beyond the bard, many grays and browns surround an opening showing hill of green grass in distance with some trees forming horizon with some blue sky and clouds above.

Sky view - evening sky with a line of treetops at the bottom.  Mid view is a horizontal cloud with a few circular blobs that seems to hang from it.  The horizon is cloudy with a pale pink cast above.

But now the real reason for the seasonal notation — It’s the eve of April aka NaPoWriMo Eve! Yes, it’s time again for a month of daily poems, written about who knows what, sometimes from a prompt, sometimes not, often with a bit of painting thrown in. So buckle up – let the poetry begin!

the eve of april
before dark I walk the yard
peepers singing loud

the air is balmy
such an old-fashioned word
for welcome warmth

the birds chorus now
welcomes back old familiars
robins, song sparrows

silhouetted now
way up in the treetops they’re
finding tonight’s roost

The peepers shrill call
are there thousands of them
each looking for love

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