Ladybugs

2009Feb16-007, originally uploaded by sulustumoses.

2009Feb16-006, originally uploaded by sulustumoses.

2009Feb16-009, originally uploaded by sulustumoses.

In my search for spring, I found a small mound of dirt exposed by the melting snow under a juniper tree. There I saw hundreds of ladybugs tending the firstborn blades of grass. They still had not taken flight, so I watched and thanked them for announcing the change of seasons.