Photos: Nevada in Spring
Nevada in Spring
by Waddie Mitchell
The cows are turned out and the meadows been dragged
Ya picked up some eight-way in town
The cheat grass is now giving way to the blue bunch
The sun slowed its rush to go down
The range has changed into her Easter attire
Pup cyots are venturing out
Fawns buck and hover ‘round mothers recov’ring
From winter and extended drought
From winter and extended drought
The new and its colors birth mem’ries and longings
Earth wreaks of renewal and light
Buds and bugs surface from sagebrush and dry turd
Cranes rest from their northerly flight
Nevada in spring puts a spring in the soul
Resurgence has scented the air
Winter and darkness have ceased taking toll
And promise and hopes everywhere
And you recon by luck you live there
The neighbors are on plus our friends too, from town
Wife’s cooked up a branding day feast
You’re to meet before dawn at the dipping corrals
So you’ll gather the field from the East
The pickups been serviced, the horses are shod
You filled the ice chest and propane
The trailers hooked up and the irons are in
For tradition both grand and profane
Tradition both grand and profane
Two weeks of preparing for each branding day
Every year it’s become more a pain
Then you turn on the news when you get into bed
And the weatherman’s calling for rain
Nevada in spring puts a spring in the soul
Renewal has scented the air
Winter and darkness have ceased taking toll
And promise and hopes everywhere
And you recon by luck you live there
