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\"Spring<\/a><\/p>\n

Spring is lovely along our Iowa gravel road.The rain washes away the dust kicked up by cars passing by, so the foliage is a deep and vibrant, soothing green. Every day is a feast for the senses.<\/p>\n

The lingering scent of rain from a night time thunderstorm.
\nToads betrayed by small movement in the grass.
\nDoes hiding the shadow.
\nCardinals singing in the treetops.
\nThe stream rushing and gurgling under the bridge.
\nGoldfinches fighting for their turf in low bushes.<\/p>\n

Each spring morning, I rush outside to greet new blossoms.
\nFirst the magnolias, the rhododendron, the red buds, and the daffodils.
\nThen the bleeding heart, the tulips and the lilacs.
\nNow the iris, the clematis, and the columbine.
\nSoon the peonies and the daisies.<\/p>\n

I can’t bear the thought of missing the arrival of these friends. So most years, I stay home in May, determined to fully savor its beauty. But not this year. Not this week. Tomorrow, we pack the car and leave the beauty behind for a few days. I hate to miss the arrival of the peonies and daisies. But I know how much my daughter misses our gravel road after a year in Ohio while her husband finished grad school.<\/p>\n

She misses the ancient silver maples in our yard,
\nThe sight of leaves and grass,
\nThe smell of trees and space and flowers,
\nThe fairy ring<\/a> where she played as a child,
\nThe regularity of a gravel road each mile,
\nThe greenness found only in Iowa,
\nBeloved by Iowa girls like my daughter and me.<\/p>\n

She’s hungry for her home state, as I was during the seven years Hiram and I lived in South Dakota. So hungry, I could hardly bear it. So eager for a taste of home, I lived for my mother’s visits and feasted on the time she spent with us.<\/p>\n

My mother left her roses,
\nAnd her yard work,
\nAnd her rhubarb,
\nAnd her invalid husband
\nTo feed her daughter a taste of home.<\/p>\n

So the peonies and daisies will have to bloom without us. Hiram and I are off to see our daughter and new son. Packing our car with Iowa air and comfort. Eager to share our feast with our hungry, Iowa-starved children. Bringing them the taste of our gravel road as my mother once brought a taste of home to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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