Rain date

It’s the first petrichor of spring— that musk the soil gives off after rain, strongest when long delayed.

So who wouldn’t choose a day like today for dancing? Side by side, cackling softly,

the two pileated woodpeckers hitch their way down a tall locust tree all the way to the ground.

Dave Bonta

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It’s the first of spring—

that musk the soil gives off rain,

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