Yesterday was quite the day – sunny and NO wind. My friend, Nancy, and I always walk on Fridays at the Arcata Marsh and everyone was out enjoying the “balmy” weather. There was even a “typical” Arcata visitor doing topless weight lifting in the middle of the trail. Willows are just leafing out and my favorite flowering currant is hanging it’s pink flower clusters reminding me of lanterns I saw in Vietnam. Colorful sunburst lichen was spotted on an unassuming bush. I haven’t spotted the miner’s lettuce yet but I know it’s coming. So today’s journal entry is a story of joy and jubilation for just being alive in this incredible ecological system.

I NEED A MIRACLE was on a sign held by someone at an intersection. Grateful Dead song. Wondering if their followers are on the move again?

Cross section (called a cutaway) of one of the channels in the marsh. My pages are really small (5.5″ x 3.5″) in a Moleskin with watercolor pages, color is watercolor, pen is Sharpie thin.