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The Pussy Willow’s Spring Wardrobe

I'm using one of the photos that Marianne Love/Slight Detour snapped at Dover Bay this week to illustrate The Bard's poem, "The Pussy Willow's Spring Wardrobe." Obviously, some of the willows hadn't put on their new fur coats yet.
I'm using one of the photos that Marianne Love/Slight Detour snapped at Dover Bay this week to illustrate The Bard's poem, "The Pussy Willow's Spring Wardrobe." Obviously, some of the willows hadn't put on their new fur coats yet.

As he strolled today
he was pleased to note
that each tiny bud
wore a new fur coat'

Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue

D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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