It is Amazing How Nature Can Rebound After a heavy Choking Snow

Alders along the stream

arched over beneath the weight of last week's storm.

Boughs and whole trees bent under the weight.

So beautiful in the harshness of

winter storms that do what they will.

Two young silver birches completely bent over.

From the other side we examined their silvery trunks

to check that they had not broken under the weight.

Two days later in the misty rains of a thaw

they had sprung back into life

and hopefully they were not harmed too badly.