Figure 1 – Tulips with water bottle, still life, Lincoln, MA. IPhone photograph. (c) DE Wolf 2017.

We are having a February thaw in Massachusetts, and this is a good time to have it. The first of March, the beginning of meteorological spring is just around the corner. I have tried to capture the sense of expectation in Figure 1 – a still life of tulips and a water bottle. Nothing says spring in New England like tulips. The winter snow still covers the ground outside. But in contradiction, or at least in opposition, wWe have: warm temperatures, the sound of dripping, melting snow, and  sun streaming in the window back lighting the pastel glory of a bouquet of tulips and highlighting bubbles on in the water bottle like little stars. I love back-lighting translucent flower petals, it accentuates their beauty. I can just taste the coming spring.