Spring Comes A-Round, In the Circle Game

As I walked around the pond yesterday and snapped these photos,
I seemed always to be looking at circular images,
as if the seasons, as they “go round and round and round”
create whirlwinds that energize matter into circles –
and “we’re captive on the carousel of time”.*

Above, a plant puts out its early blossoms in pin-wheel fashion.

And this evergreen gives a fireworks-like spray of needles.

While Bluets grow in round bouquets.

And the dandelion raises the question, ‘which came first…’
as it presents the completed circle of beginning and end.

* The Circle Game, Joni Mitchell

4 thoughts on “Spring Comes A-Round, In the Circle Game

  1. drusilla, thanks for visiting and your comment!There's a book I sometimes quote from here at SilverLining — it's Touch the Earth by T.C. McLuhan. It's all Native American quotes. I've been reading it again lately and a couple of nights ago came across a wonderful quote about round things in nature, especially stones. If ever you come across the book, see pages 16 & 17!Thanks again –

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