First Days of May - Bob Romano It’s hard not to smile as I tramp through a meadow sprinkled with dandelions and buttercups. Upon my approach, a pair of robins fly onto a nearby apple tree, pink blossoms sprinkling down from its branches. For the first time since last spring, I can feel the sun’s … Continue reading Against The Current #5

Silver Trout All week the skies have remained gray. They match the landscape as well as my mood. Outside the window, juncos flit among cedar trees like the first snowflakes of winter. White-throated sparrows shuffle over the lawn, searching for seeds scattered by chickadees and titmice congregating around a feeder hanging from a metal post. … Continue reading Against The Current #4

For the third time in as many minutes the trout rose under the shadow cast by the low-hanging branches of a maple tree. The subtle disturbance could easily be mistaken for a minnow or pumpkinseed, maybe a nymph breaking the surface to emerge into an adult mayfly. No loud splash, not even the usual concentric … Continue reading Against The Current #3 – Double Header

First Days Of May - Robert Romano - Photos by Trish Romano It’s hard not to smile as I tramp through a meadow sprinkled with dandelions and buttercups. Upon my approach, a pair of robins fly onto a nearby apple tree, pink blossoms sprinkling down from its branches. For the first time since last spring, … Continue reading Against The Current #2

PROMISE OF THE SEASON by Robert Romano - Photo by Trish Romano This morning a pair of wood ducks replaced the mallards, first to appear earlier this month on the pond behind our house. The wood ducks flew in sometime after dawn. They were there when we woke, nervous birds, flying off as soon as … Continue reading Against The Current #1