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