earth's crammed with heaven...

Earth's crammed with heaven,

And every common bush afire with God;

But only he who sees, takes off his shoes,

The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries,

And daub their natural faces unaware.

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning 

annual crocus hunt... 

We first found these amazing signs of spring in a yard speckled with the color purple in Nashville near my parents' house and then in Knoxville across the street from where we lived.  This is our second year to find this patch here in Seattle near Cowen Park not too far from our house.  

It's tradition to be on the lookout for the hope before us.