spring spring springtails

 

on the sunspot by the tree

jumping dots litter the snow covered ground

the fleas of warm winter days

 

(by julia mlynarek)

 

winter’s end

 

first to walk the melting snow

winter stoneflies brave the day

spring is on its way

 

(by julia mlynarek)

 

kafertannenbaum

 

what if on a warm winter day a thousand brightly coloured beetles

crawled up through the snow and up a fir tree to sit in the sun on its branches

while the fireflies flashed on and off?