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Signs of Spring

Snow upon the firs

upon this first snow
a group of robins gather
a first sign of spring

Though there was snow on the ground this morning, it was mostly gone by early afternoon. Then, during my afternoon walk, I saw a group of robins rummaging through the fallen leaves. Winter may be in place now, but spring cannot be stopped!

A Snowy Day

overnight snow
contrasts with the junkos
dusting the grass

It snowed overnight in the Seattle area. Just enough to cover the grass but not bury it. Tis quite cold this morning.

Today’s Word of the Day Challenge: Bloom

Winter Blooms

even in winter
the blooms always find a way
life is beyond spring

My contribution to today’s WordPress Word of the Day Challenge. Photo is mine

Valuable Coding and IT Tools

Photo by Josh Sorenson from Pexels

As an Information System student, there are a handful of tools recommended to me by my instructors that have been critical. Every one of the tools below is free. Anyway, here’s my list:

  • Notepad ++: a richly powerful text editor. It’s what I’ve done most of my HTML and CSS in, and what I’ve done a lot of my JavaScript. I have shifted, though, back to Visual Studio, at least for now. I used Visual Studio for my Visual Basic class, so I’m pretty familiar with it.
  • 7 Zip is a great Zip file tool.
  • Agent Ransack, which boosts your PC’s search utility.
  • Winmerge: a great tool for comparing files. It has helped me a few times to find that one damn character I was missing.

Anyway, what tools do you use? That you find indispensable?

 

Featured Image by Josh Sorenson from Pexels

A Morning Haiku

walking near dawn

amongst the trees

coloring the sky

Some thoughts this winter’s morning. I hope you’re warm and safe.

A Pluviophile’s Delight

rain is predicted
delights pluviophiles
Seattle winters

As a live-long Seattleite, I hold a certain fondness for rain. One tempered with topical annoyance, and occasional despair. Yet, for the most part, I enjoy rain. The sound upon my roof. Watching the rain from a street-side café, listening to jazz. So much of my life revolves around liquid precipitation.

Rain will soon Fall

rain will soon fall
I will feel the warmth
of memories

Posted this earlier today on my Instagram feed. I wanted to share it with you, too.

Morning: A Haiku

Photo by Ekrulila on Pexels.com

these quiet mornings

listening to the rain fall

calmness with my tea

This Weekly Prompt appeared (haiku) in my feed today. As I love mornings, it felt quite nice to create this haiku as a part.

Looking Skyward

Sculpture at the Edmonds library, Everett Dupen’s “Vision”

facing the sunlight
arms reaching ever skyward
wind off the water